HYDERABAD, Jan 17: The general secretary of Sindh Taraqqi Passand Students Federation (STPSF), Arz Mohammad Banglani, has strongly protested against the government decision to extend the duration of bachelor degree programme from two years to four years.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, he urged the government to review the decision and bring about educational reforms to improve the quality of education and literacy ratio.

He said if the rulers were really sincere in promoting education, they should increase the education budget, discard the outdated syllabus and introduce modern methods of education.

He said that influential people, police and rangers should be ejected from school and college buildings, efforts should be made to cleanse the educational institutions of hoodlums, copy culture should be eliminated, and computer education should be made compulsory.

The student leader pointed out that Sindh province contributed Rs350 billion in taxes every year and added if only Rs50 billion were spent to provide employment to jobless youth, unemployment in the province would decrease to a great extent.