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ISLAMABAD: Private Universities of Pakistan today (Thursday) has urged Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood to ensure a timely start of the Autumn Semester — which starts from September.
In a letter written from the body’s chairman, Dr Ch Abdul Rehman, said, “Since a prolonged closure of higher education institutes with uncertainty about reopening timeframe, the situation has gotten even more stressful with the government’s latest decision about delaying the commencement of Autumn Semester 2021.”
“This decision will cause an irreparable loss to students in terms of disrupting their academic journey and resulting in further stress and unrest among them,” Rehman added.
The letter added, “Further, at the outset of this development, the already troubled financial system of private sector universities is going to collapse which is hardly surviving on its own.” he said.
“Therefore, it is requested that the admission process for the autumn semester 2021 may not be delayed and universities be given permission to open admissions for Autumn Semester 2021 as per their academic schedule,” he wrote.
The chairman urged the education minister to follow the best international practices if it becomes difficult to conduct exams physically during June-July 2021.