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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Pakistan's Universities – Problems and Solutions

Posted by anas on Mar 12, 2008 in Pakistan | 0 comments I came across this beautiful article written by renowned Dr. Pervez Hoodhboy at Chowk which discusses most of the problems in Pakistani universities at length. He also proposes some solutions which are quite logical. I found most of the article genuinely intriguing and close to reality. I do disagree with some points but Dr. Pervez surely has the facts and figures to explicate his points. The...
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