HEC Facing Serious Financial Crunch

Posted by anas on Sep 15, 2008 in Pakistan | 4 comments Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman says that the HEC is facing a mojor financial crisis much like the rest of the country. This is a serious setback to the recent progressions in the higher education in the country. He said that all new projects for this year have been frozen while work on previous projects is also being affected. A total of 85 new projects have been frozen. He added that the expenditure on each...
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Why the HEC is a National Asset

Posted by anas on May 27, 2008 in Pakistan | 0 comments May 2008: One of the issues of great national importance, frequently discussed in recent weeks in the media and on TV, emanates from a recent statement made by the honourable Minister of Education Mr Ahsan Iqbal, expressing his view to change the status of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) back to it’s precursor organisation, the University Grants Commission (UGC). While many positive...
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National Internship Program – The End??

Posted by anas on May 8, 2008 in Pakistan | 5 comments Our new democratic, elected government of the 160 million of Pakistan has essentially done nothing, nor had any plans in their election campaigns, for promoting the higher education sector. Legal or not, call it dictatorship or martial law, Musharraf regime, perhaps, saw the best time for the development, expansion and growth of the higher education sector in the country. Whether statistics prove...
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