Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Tariq Banuri has dubbed higher education budget ‘peanuts’, as a meagre amount of Rs59 billion was allocated against a whopping demand of Rs103.5 billion by the government for the fiscal year 2019-20.
A delegate from the community colleges of the United States visited Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) on Wednesday and met with the senior management of PHEC and principals from five existing community colleges of Punjab.
In continuation of its efforts to enable the country’s higher education sector to become more effective in academic excellence, management and problem-oriented research, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan held the launch conference of the National Academy of Higher Education
The federal government has allocated funds of Rs29 billion for on-going and new schemes, in comparison to the previous allocation of Rs46 billion to HEC in the budget 2018-19. Out of the total budget allocated by the government, Rs4159.782 million
The government despite its claims of furthering the cause of higher education in the country has planned a sweeping cut of 40 percent in the funding of the Higher Education Commission in the coming fiscal year.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has always been considered a regulatory body for higher educational institutes in Pakistan. This often translates to the idea that, “If there are problems in higher education or in institutions affiliated with higher
Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah, the incumbent Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU) Lahore, has moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the Selection Committee constituted by the Punjab Chief Minister for the appointment of Chairperson, Punjab Higher Education
The universities will suffer if the indicated budgetary cuts were executed, said Dr Tariq Banuri, Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) while briefing HEC’s future plans to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee in a meeting on Monday.
The three finalists for the post of Chairperson of the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) has been finalized and the process of appointment of a permanent head of the commission has entered its final stage.
In a massive crackdown, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) has either halted or stopped further intake of students at 27 PhD degree and 33 MPhil/MS equivalent programmes at the biggest Public Sector University of the Province – the