Valiantly struggling against financial crunch

University of Gujrat is the only university in the Punjab that has been solely built with the resources of the Govt. of the Punjab. The university administration vows to leave no stone unturned in building it up to immaculate standards. Its motto is to be a world class university in academics and research. To come up to the challenges posed by the financial crunch it is poising itself in equitable strategies to steer clear of the troubled waters. Its shift in policies is based on justice, equity and fair play. Not a single employee has been dismissed or fired from service. But contracts of 31 employees have not been renewed. It is to relieve the burden and absolve the administration of the issues and problems pitched by temporary employment that happens to be the cause of action. Furthermore it is to save the student community by not straining their resources through exorbitant rise in fees but rationalizing the administrative strength and thus concurrently encouraging merit and discouraging nepotism, jobbery, favoritism and corruption which can seep in to contract employment. Selection through merit via selection boards is universally acknowledged and acclaimed all over the world.

There are no malafides involved. Concurrently 100 seats of employees have been advertised in the newspapers. These thirty one contract employees shall enter into bonafide service conditions once they qualify themselves and get selected. The employment through Selection Boards is the most viable procedure in the present scenario. Secondly all the professors are also being transformed from contract employees to visiting professors. This is also a bonafide and equitable solution under the present financial straits. This would also shed a large chunk of financial burden.

The cut in grants in aid by the HEC and the Punjab Government have necessitated exercising these indispensable options. However these measures shall shelter the student community and the quality education, which are the pivotal interests of all our endeavors. These shifts in paradigms were announced by the Vice Chancellor University of Gujrat Prof Dr Mohammad Nizamuddin in his press conference. Answering different questions of the journalists he unambiguously stated that the UOG was the centre of his desires and he was ready to move heaven and earth to secure its vital interests. He was bent upon introducing innovative and market oriented programs in the university. Hotel and Restaurant Management in only being run in this university throughout Punjab. He thanked the Media for giving an intelligent understanding to the perspective that has motivated for policy changes, solely to meet up the challenges of present financial crises.