Comsats University fires lecturer over asking ‘objectionable question’ in the quiz.
A lecturer at Comsats University Islamabad (CUI) was fired for asking an “objectionable” question during an examination on the English composition of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE) programme.
On February 2, the CUI administration wrote to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to inform them that [an] investigation of the quiz’s content had been started. According to the letter, the administration had already taken action and terminated the services of the lecturer of visiting faculty on January 5, 2023. It went on to say that the professor had also been blacklisted.
Students told that they were “shocked” when they found that the question required them to write 300 words on the subject.
Comsats University fires lecturer over asking ‘objectionable question’ in the quiz. Naveed Ahmed Khan, an additional registrar, stated that when the rector invited the professor to explain himself over the matter, he admitted his mistake which culminated in his termination. “He had plagiarized the question from Google”, he added. The quiz, he said, was retaken.
A faculty member took a dig at the examination system questioning why the matter had only to be taken into consideration after the students raised the issue. He doubted that the lecturer had been sacked after the ministry took notice of the incident.
A faculty member made fun of the examination system by asking why the issue could only be addressed after the students raised it. He questioned whether the lecturer had been fired because the ministry took notice of the incident.
Here is the question paper:
