KARACHI, March 27: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan on Thursday favoured the continuation of the centralized admission system for the colleges in Karachi. However, he said there should be certain quota for promoting co-curricular activities among students.

Addressing at the annual award distribution ceremony at St Joseph‘s Government College for Women, Karachi, the governor said: “Since the new policy has abolished the sports and co-curricular activities quota, it would definitely affect the tradition of excellence of St. Joseph’s in this field, therefore I fee that the authorities concerned should reconsider this aspect of the policy.”

He highly appreciated the performance of the societies and other forums of the students and teachers, especially the environmental club, the website and introduction of four new subjects at the college. He observed that despite many hurdles and shortage of teachers, the institution had shown a remarkable progress.

Referring to the shortage of teachers as pointed out by the principal, the governor assured that he would direct the education department to arrange the required teachers in a month.

He announced a grant of Rs500,000 for the college, the provision of 10 computers for the college laboratory, Rs10,000 cash award to each position-holder student, Rs1000 to each student awarded certificates for achieving distinction in different subjects, Rs10,000 to each teacher honoured for best performance and Rs10,000 to the girls who performed as the stage secretary.

Earlier, principal of the college, Dr Tanveer Anjum, in her address, talked about the shortage of teachers. She said the college had to spend Rs50,000 per month from the College management committee funds for hiring teachers.

Later, in a brief chat with newsmen, the governor said the administration in the province had improved.—APP/PPI