I was seeing his pictures yesterday. He looked so happy frolicking with his brother smiling straight at the camera as if to say, “Life’s good”. How then could the LUMS administration drive him to suicide?
Universities should nurture the budding talent of tomorrow much less prompt them to kill themselves.
They pride themselves for the amount of pressure they put on their students, calling it a CHALLENGING environment. Is it really productive to knowledge to over burden students to the breaking point - and beyond?
I fear IBA is going the LUMS way too. I remember my pals who were dropped by IBA in the first semester, shattered is too soft a word for what they felt. Luckily they had family support and other options.
But what happens if you’re dropped in your last semester? What resort do you then have? Isn’t it cruel that you suddenly snatch a student’s degree right when the destination is no near? Such a sever punishment for a few marks less (In IBA’s case they’ve dropped students in their 7th and 8th semester because their GPA fell below 2.0)
IBA and LUMS both believe in some cruel policies that are counter productive to education in the long run. If a student was good enough to make it to the eight semester, some leverage does not mean lowering your standards. All it entails is a little consideration for the future leaders of tomorrow.
“IBA - Leadership and ideas for tomorrow”.
Please don’t let there be no tomorrow!
May 18, 2008 at 6:47 am
A student even with lowest grade can perform good in professional life, and at the stage of near to complete his degree university should think that how much time and money he has spent on his study, and should find out the root cause of his poor performance, and univesity admins should think of their curicullum that; Is there system dynamic and flexible that an average student attemp the exams with some of his knowledge from experience, thinking, and knowledge from environment, and without Rattafying books all the nights, to answer such sort of questions: “Mukhtalif Janwroon ki jild kasi hoti hai..? the best Ans. in Pakistan Institution would be; ” Mukhtalif Janwroon ki jild Mukhtalif hoti hai..” and the student who answers the question would get 100 percent…”
A final Year Student is unable to provide the answer he will be on probation or dropped and had to re-admit for the course to learn… “Mukhtalif Janwroon ki jild mukhtalif hoti hai…”
Yes.! Hashir a muslim brother of mine, A Sad Victim of System…! May Allah Bless His Soul (Amin)