PESHAWAR, Sept 5: The Peshawar University Teachers Association (PUTA)  expressed concern on Thursday over the attitude of varsity administration towards teachers  and  violation of rules and regulations.

In  a press release issued here PUTA president Nasir Ali Khan said the PU administration had made certain decisions which were leading to total chaos. “PU Syndicate’s decision to count out study leave towards  experience is a blow to those who have such experience,” he said.

The PUTA president alleged that the university had  advertised and  held  selection  boards  of  the  posts  of  associate   and professors  by relaxing even the PhD condition. Moreover the   administration had increased the M.Phil/PhD tuition fee. Coupled with withdrawal of the service experience acquired during M.Phil/ PhD, the enhanced fee would severely handicap those wishing to improve qualification.

He also lamented the re-imposition of tuition fee for university  employees’children studying at its three schools. “The case of the construction of 20 new “F” type houses  seems to have met a similar fate. PUTA had submitted modified feasibility and designs in accordance with the VC’s wish but then were turned down,” Nasir alleged.

He said the  VC  then  required that the  plans  should  be   presented through the director of works, who submitted the detailed feasibility  along  with the designs to the treasurer.  “One  can imagine the fate of this scheme,” the maintained.

“The issue raised by the PUTA is a routine official matter  to registrar Dr Javed, while talking to Dawn.

Avoiding  to comment on relaxation of Ph.D conditions for  the post of associates and professors, Javed said that the administration   wanted to advertise the vacant post of  teachers twice in a year. “We cannot advertise the post of single vacancy on the wishes of any teacher,” he remarked.

Commenting  on raise in the tuition fees for M.Phil  and  Ph.D courses, he said the administration was charging Rs 6000 for  one  semester. “This  fee  is still  very  little against the expenditure on the  courses.  And every research student can afford this fee,” he opined.