Postgraduate college still a pipe dream in Chitral

By Zahiruddin

CHITRAL: The upgradation of the government college to postgraduate level remains to be a dream for the students which had been announced four years ago.
The students complained here on Friday that the college had sufficient space to accommodate postgraduate classes in many disciplines. Introduction of postgraduate classes would mitigate the sufferings of the students who had to travel to Peshawar and other cities after their graduation in Chitral.
Students said that the provincial government made a prompt action and allocated funds for construction of additional blocks which included an information technology block. Additional rooms had been completed but shortage of teaching staff and provision of laboratories to cater to the requirements of postgraduate classes was currently the major problems.
Library of the college, they said, also needed upgradation by adding new books while the existing space was also sufficient to accommodate hundreds of students at a time. The students demanded that postgraduate programmes in humanities as well as science groups including computer science, chemistry, botany and environmental science.
They said that about 70 per cent students from Chitral, aspiring for admissions in Peshawar University, returned to back to Chitral after failing to get admission every year. Therefore, a good number of students discontinue their studies after graduation.