Pakistani diploma mill hunter is fired

galanga · Dec 1, 2004

Read one of his articles as well as related letters here.

Isa Daudpota, in Pakistan, writes on higher education issues. Some of his work focuses on diploma mills. I believe the articles referred to appeared in Karachi publications.

Here is a letter published in today's (Nov. 14, 2004) The News:

Sub Standard Universities

Naeem Sadiq

Dr. Isa Daudpota, project leader Center for Frontier Technologies, Islamabad was fired from his job on 8th November 2004. He spent past many years, advocating and writing on issues that concern raising the standard of science and education in Pakistan, preservation of water and environments, human rights and social causes. Why was then such an eminent, pragmatic, and forthright person abruptly shown the door at a few days notice?

One does not expect the academic institutions, research organizations, universities and Higher Education Commission to adopt a mafia - like approach of ganging up against some one who raises questions about their working and standards. In a series of articles, written over past several months, Dr. Daudpota exposed the racket of many fake and substandard universities in Pakistan and how they award worthless Ph. D. degrees in as little as six months. He wanted Higher Education Commission to use its mandate to investigate if NUML and Islamabad University Vice Chancellors themselves have valid Ph. D degrees, and if these degrees came form correctly accredited sources. It was also suggested that HEC should carry out an academic audit of NUML (and many other universities) to determine if they are involved in granting those fast-food restaurant style, six monthly PH. D degrees, specially to gain favour from people in important places. HEC, perhaps because of its own oversights and omissions, has decided to take the side of those who are following these fake and substandard academic practices. Instead of appointing an independent commission to look into these issues, close down such fake universities (43 of them only in the province of Sindh), declare the names of false or fake degree holders, and oust some vice chancellors for themselves possessing inappropriate degrees, it chose the easy way out. It fired the messenger who brought the message.

Would the prime minister who is himself a graduate of an institute of repute and holds a valid MBA degree, appoint an independent commission to investigate the fake degree awarding universities and their fake vice chancellors. A society that tolerates unethical and substandard institutes of higher learning would have little to look forward to.

Karachi.
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uncle janko · Dec 1, 2004

Nuts. Pakistan coulda been a contender.

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