The Sindh University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat said, “We need to teach our children to become international citizens as we know that the challenges they would face will be of global character.” He announced to provide an all-out research-based educational environment on the campus to bring the varsity at par with the world’s leading universities. He said that research and invention played a major role in bringing about changes in society and the SU students needed to revamp the social order by getting pragmatic knowledge as well as professional skills through higher education. He said this while talking to the deans, directors & chairpersons of different faculties, centers and departments of the varsity during his visit to the campus to review and observe the ongoing semester examinations’ process at the Allama I. I. Kazi campus Jamshoro. SU Registrar Ghulam Muhammad Bhutto, dean faculty of social sciences Prof. Dr. Zareen Abbasi and others were also accompanying with the vice chancellor. Dr. Burfat said the university was providing quality education to students and its graduates were utilizing their specialties for development of the province and the country. He urged students to take benefit from educational facilities the varsity is providing in various fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, business, banking, law, art and culture. Highlighting the achievements of the university and its future plans, Dr. Burfat said that the dilapidated roads of the university had been repaired. As many as 30 thousand saplings had been planted to beautify the campus. Exams’ results had been made available on the varsity’s website for the facility of students as well as their parents and the attendance system had been modernized and computerized. He said the parents could see the performance of their progeny by logging on to the varsity’s website adding that it was the best way for parents to keep check and monitor the attendance and results of their children without taking any trouble to visit the teachers. Research key to bring varsities at par with intl. standards He urged deans, directors, chairpersons and faculty members to prepare students for future challenges and work on improving methods of teaching. The vice chancellor stressed on equipping youths studying on the campus with skills in order to focus on for socio-economic development. Earlier, the vice chancellor went around classrooms of Institute of English Language & Literature, Institute of Business Administration and various departments at arts faculty building Also, SU vice chancellor Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat expressed deep grief over the sad demise of criminology first year student of Sindh University Muhammad Hashim Brohi in a road accident near Jamshoro Court and offered his condolences to the bereaved family. In a press release issued here by the SU spokesman, the vice chancellor Dr. Burfat said that he was saddened to learn about the tragic road accident in Kotri which claimed the precious life of our student Muhammad Hashim, hailing from Shahdadkot. “It’s terrible to hear such news. I express my sincere sympathy and offer condolences to the family of the deceased student”, he said. In the condolence message, Dr. Burfat prayed to Almighty Allah to grant the departed soul place in eternal peace and to give courage to his family members to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude. Earlier, on the information of accident of the student, the vice chancellor Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat, Registrar Ghulam Muhammad Bhutto, Director Students’ Affairs Rafique Ali Brohi and Chairman Department of Criminology Dr. Nabi Bux Narejo reached at Liaquat University Hospital. On the occasion, the VC directed the concerned chairman of the department to leave for the village of the deceased to participate in last rituals.