HYDERABAD, Sept 1: A 14-member delegation of students of the University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, led by the dean of student affairs, Dr M. A. Naeem, visited the University of Sindh on Monday.

The visit was arranged under interaction programme among university students initiated by the Higher Education Commission.

Vice-chancellor Mazhar-ul-Haq Siddiqi said that Sindh University always felt proud to welcome students and scholars from other universities of the country.

He said that students were valuable asset of the nation and they should work hard to acquire higher education.

He said the University of Sindh would spend Rs2.5 billion during the next seven years to improve faculty and research facilities.

The vice chancellor said the university would provide scholarships with the help of the HEC during the next five years to 100 scholars to get PhD degrees from abroad.

He said that the university had increased 70 per cent seats during the last four years to admit more students.

Mr Siddiqi emphasized the need for introducing a four years bachelors degree programme and said that the SU was the first public sector university that had introduced this programme in the faculties of natural and social sciences.

The delegation leader, Dr M.A. Naeem, thanked the vice chancellor for his cooperation with the visiting students.