RECORDER REPORT
HYDERABAD: Thousands of female and male students declare University of Sindh a ‘Safe Campus’. This declaration was voiced vociferously in a rally taken out by SU girl students from Mausoleum of Allama I I Kazi to Central Library as hundreds of girls, their class and batch fellows, male and female leadership of teachers, Pro Vice Chancellors of various SU campus, Deans of various faculties, academic and administrative heads, officers and employees of the varsity also accompanied them.
It was a rare spectacle to behold as one clearly heard full-throated slogans chanted by girls ‘Sindh University – Safe University’ and ‘We respect our teachers’ – once again making their trust and confidence in both their male and female teachers public. The number of girls’ participants clearly outdid the size of their male peers.
Addressing the swarming multitude of students on the occasion, VC SU Prof Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat said that participation of thousands of girl students in the rally had dispelled all doubts as regards the clear character, matchless calibre and enviable ethical bearing of SU faculty. “Today I count myself blessed to witness firsthand the unflinching fervour and heightened passion of the SU girls by which they have come out on the roads to bear out the unquestionable character of their teachers,” he pleaded.
The Vice Chancellor observed that he categorically condemned all misperceptions as to the character of SU teachers and gender vulnerability of the varsity terming it ‘a conspiracy, a part of the propaganda to malign the varsity’s image and thwart his (VC’s) reform agenda. “The disgruntled elements against whom I have initiated reform action and those whose prospects of corruption I have plugged have joined hands as an unnatural union of convenience to come against me and the genuine interests of the Alma Mater,” he urged.
Dr Burfat said he considered his duty as a sacred mission, thought of SU students, as his own offspring and would not even for a fraction of a second hesitate to go to any lengths to protect the interest of his children (students) and his mother (university).
Citing growing number of girl for admission to SU for 2018, the VC SU said the public trust in varsity was continually on the rise. “This rise proves girls consider SU the best and the safest option,” he argued.
The Vice Chancellor called upon all present to join ranks to foil nefarious designs of the enemies of the varsity.
Dr Burfat explained that merely on the basis of one single case, that too was under probe; one could not and should not develop a generalized sceptical stance for worthy varsity teachers. “Today the presence of thousands of female SU students proves how much they trust and respect their teachers; and today the evil elements must hear it loud and clear that their tactics to tarnish the image of the university would not, in anyway, work,” he insisted.
