The University of Balochistan UoB was founded in the s and is the oldest and largest staterun university of the province often dubbed as the mother varsity . The treasurer of the varsity Jiand Jamaldini opened his office amid protests to speak to Dawn.
com about the prevailing crisis . He said he had also shared these details with the authorities both in Quetta and Islamabad but as always his words had fallen on deaf ears . Despite the meagre source of revenue the number of pensioners is increasing as well as other liabilities that take up a larger portion of the budget .
Pakistan spends only about .pc of their budget on education while Pakistan spends .pc. This is the reason our universities are in deep crises across the country including the UOB he said. The treasurer added that Pakistan spends more on education than any other countries.
Unlike Punjab and Sindh Balochistani does not have a provincial HEC. While the amendment ordered the establishment of higher education commissions in all provinces Balochland still does not . have one nor has the provincial government made any serious efforts to establish it.
The funds do not trickle down to us from either side. The university has been unable to generate significant revenue. The number of students come from poor families from rural parts of the rural areas of the . rural areas. The University has not even received the funds.
In this regard Jamaldinis said whenever we go to HEC they ask us to go to the HEC . The university’s own provincial government. The varsity. The UoBS has asked us to . the Hec. to go. to the .undundundered to go on to the Nafadhadhadhai.
