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PESHAWAR: The classes at the first ever varsity for the students belonging to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) will commence on October 24, at Darra Ademkhel.

Assistant Director Planning and Development Liaquat Khan said that the government has recently issued funds to materialize the dream of a separate university for the Tribal Areas.

“Initially the university will start its classes along with its administration at recently renovated building of Government Degree College Akhurwal in Darra Ademkhel”, Liaquat Khan said.

He said beside 266 kanals of land additionally 200 more Kanals of land has been purchased where proper buildings for the FATA University will constructed in period of five years.

The P&D Director Liaquat Khan told Daily Times that admission in BBA or four-year Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science of four-year, BS programme in mathematics, political science and sociology has been started.

Liaquat Khan said that Search Committee has appointed Tahir Shah as the Vice Chancellor (VC) a retired professor from National Center of Excellence Geology Department University of Peshawar (UoP).

As per the documents available with Daily Times the ex-President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari for the first time extended the Higher Education Commission ordinance to FATA for the establishment of the Fata University.

He also in 2011 constituted a Search Committee for the appointment of the VC and project director other staff for the University but the project could not implement.

As per the documents of FATA University apart from recent allocation of funds People Party (PPP) had announced Rs 4.70 million in the first phase but the university could not be started at the time. He also said the college where the university will operate was the property of FATA University which was destroyed in a bomb blast, adding that the building has been renovated and modified and Governor KP Iqbal Zafar Jhagra special attention make the dream true.

Tahir Shah Vice Chancellor of FATA University said that according to the rules laid down in the statute of the university in 2013, besides students from tribal areas, students across the country could submit applications for admission.

“At the moment there is no shortage of funds. However, we need more land,” said Dr Shah. “The university has around 466 kanals of land and wants to buy around 200 kanals more. Work on master plan would be completed by December this year,” Dr Tahir Shah added. The official at the FATA Secretariat told this scribe that it would require more land to construct more buildings to adjust more students in other disciplines at the university. More funds and land would be required to finally turn this college into a full-fledged university.


http://dailytimes.com.pk/khyber-pak...sity-for-fata-students-opens-on-24th-at-darra
 
will take lots of time to be renowned institution. i would love to see how many students apply for the admissions.
AND a very standing ovation and a salute to the VC for risking his life as fears can hurl the stone of doubt over patriotism.
very glad to see things are changing for FATA as well.
 
A good news. FATA should be merged with KPK so that FATA students have easier access to main stream education system with immediate effect.
 
While this is a good step, I think it would have been wiser to invest in vocational/technical institutes instead. What is a graduate of Business Admin or Pol Sci to do in FATA? There are no opportunities in the area for people with such qualifications. Inevitably they will move to larger cities like Karachi, Lahore, or Peshawar. And FATA will remain the same.

We need to train people so that they are able to transform FATA itself. Setting up a university is a good step, but they're jumping the gun. They need to start with technical institutes. The region should be dotted with them.

To be sure I checked if there were any technical institutes in the region, but my search did not reveal any (I may be wrong though). What I did find was interesting. On the website of FATA Development Authority, they say:

FATA Development Authority is continuously working to enhance skills of FATA residants. For this purpose, FATA DA arranges training programs at different academies and institutes through out the country. A list of these institutes are as following.

(note the spelling of "residants")

And then they proceed to list 34 institutes in KP, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.
 
very good let them study it can remove cancer of extremism from their minds
 

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