Yesterday I made a social media post on which some of my senior faculty members advised to create a blog for comments. Here is the post and kindly note your comments in the comment box below so that we may have notes to share with hi-ups.
Policy makers need to rethink the terms and conditions on PhD evaluation
1. HEC asks PhD thesis to be evaluated by foreign experts even in the fields where we have many many foreign graduates in Pakistani universities. Why did we invest so much in their qualifications if we r not going to trust their expertise.
2. Foreign evaluators are listed after their consent and when thesis is sent they either dont respond or regret, evaluation procedures r taking more than one calendar year
3. PhD students are required to publish in at least y category journals which is a huge challenge keeping in view the lobbying and money involved.
4. A faculty member cannot supervise more than 5 students and they r not checked out from a supervisors list even after submission until they graduate. Think of this scenario that a faculty will remain free until any of them gets evaluation publication n viva process done.
I am sending out this msg to all concerned and requesting them to please comment and suggest alternatives
AH
Policy makers need to rethink the terms and conditions on PhD evaluation
1. HEC asks PhD thesis to be evaluated by foreign experts even in the fields where we have many many foreign graduates in Pakistani universities. Why did we invest so much in their qualifications if we r not going to trust their expertise.
2. Foreign evaluators are listed after their consent and when thesis is sent they either dont respond or regret, evaluation procedures r taking more than one calendar year
3. PhD students are required to publish in at least y category journals which is a huge challenge keeping in view the lobbying and money involved.
4. A faculty member cannot supervise more than 5 students and they r not checked out from a supervisors list even after submission until they graduate. Think of this scenario that a faculty will remain free until any of them gets evaluation publication n viva process done.
I am sending out this msg to all concerned and requesting them to please comment and suggest alternatives
AH