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.
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 (NAHE) on Wednesday.