and Seraiki language departments from the prospectus and the college administration refused providing admissions in desired subjects, they added.
They observed that the Emerson College was one of the Multan’s oldest and well-reputed institutions but it had disappointed a large numbers of students.
The final date for admissions has lapsed on Monday and the college. The News interviewed the candidates who were refused to opting admissions in Punjabi and Seraiki languages.
The Emerson college faculty sources said the administration had discouraged more than 100 students getting admissions in the desired subjects.
The 2015-2016 prospectus offered admissions in 17 subjects except Punjabi and Seraiki. The prospectus has offered admissions only in Chemistry, English, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Physical Education, Islamiat, Information Technology, International Relations, Mathematics, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Statistics, Urdu and Zoology.
The Emerson College had admitted more than 100 students only in Punjabi and refused numbers of students due to shortage of seats last year. The massive numbers of students were divided into two sections for better environment.
The subjects of Punjabi and Seraiki are taught in Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi divisions with massive response from students. The Punjab government had recruited Seraiki lecturers in to promote the language, culture and heritage.
When Emerson College Principal Malik Abdul Jabbar was contacted, he rejected the reports of refusing admissions in Punjabi and Seraiki languages. He said students did not prefer Punjabi and Seraiki by their own choice.
When he was told that the students preferred Punjabi and Seraiki in all the southern Punjab colleges and asked about removing the two subjects from the college prospectus, he did not respond to the queries.
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