The administration claimed the merger of departments was necessary to cut costs, but it reconsidered the move after we protested," student Ammara Rajpoot told DW.
Nine teachers for 12 students at the journalism department of the Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak is enough to show the severity of the enrollment crisis," one of the teachers told DW.
Pakistan has around 50 journalism schools, most of which were set up when then-Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf liberalized the country's media sector in 2002, creating a sudden demand for journalists and other media workers.
"I took up a journalism graduate course but soon switched to a business program for a better future because both mainstream newspapers and news channels had limited openings," said former Allama Iqbal Open University student Eman Khan.
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