Students in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, POK, have protested against the high cost of education.
The students who are protesting against the unprecedented fee hikes are calling on the Authority to review the expensive education system.
They allege that the university administration is violating the policy of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) by raising semester fees.
“Lakhs of rupees are collected every 3 or 4 months in the name of semester fees,” according to the protesting students.
This is being done here so that poor students cannot get an education. The poor do not have money for livelihood; how can they provide a good education to their children?” the protesting students Said.
The students alleged that the Pakistani government has refused to listen to their legitimate demands and the academic staff.
They also alleged that the government views education as a threat to its illegal annexation of the areas, fearing that knowledge could empower locals to understand and assert their legal rights.
According to the protesting students Pakistan has never laid emphasis on learning and enlightenment in the state, particularly in the education system in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The students said despite the pressing need for better facilities, students and employees in the education sector are being kept away from their basic rights, amid rising inflation, teaching and administrative staff in PoK are demanding their long-overdue salary increases.
The academic staff have appealed to the local and federal governments multiple times, but their demands remain unfulfilled.
The employees in the education sector have made it clear that the protests will not stop until they are paid the raises to which they are legally entitled.
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