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Saturday, October 14, 2006
HEC directs inquiry into alleged plagiarism cases at universitiesStaff Report
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Attaur Rahman on Friday directed the vice-chancellors of the University of Peshawar and the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, to form inquiry committees to investigate cases of alleged plagiarism by some of their faculty members.
Rehman said that the universities would have to take strict punitive action against people responsible for the incidents, if the allegations proved to be correct. According to the HEC, Dr Waseem Khan of the Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Peshawar, allegedly reproduced a chapter of a book, ‘Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching’ authored by Norman E Gronlund and Robert L Linn in his research paper published in the Journal of Education and Research without any acknowledgments.
Mahmood of the University of Agriculture and another faculty member have also been accused of copying the work of Prof JH Sun and for publishing it as their own, the HEC said.
Meanwhile, sources said that the University of the Punjab has served charge sheets to five faculty members of the Center for High Energy Physics over allegations that they had plagiarised and reproduced research articles of foreign authors. The teachers include Dr Fazl-e-Aleem, Maqsood Ahmad, Rashid Ahmad, M Saeed Khan and Sohail Afzaal Tahir.
An earlier case of plagiarism at the International Islamic University led to the resignation of one of its faculty members after the HEC intervened in the issue.
The HEC has stated that it would show “zero tolerance” to plagiarism in higher education institutes and has urged university vice-chancellors to dismiss any faculty members involved in such incidents.
Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk