Pakistan's Education Minister directs HEC to Raise the Standard of Higher Education

Rana Tanveer Hussain, the Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training, has encouraged the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to work harder to raise the standard of higher education in Pakistan. Additionally, he emphasised on the importance of expanding higher education access without compromising on the standard.

The Minister received a thorough briefing on the duties and responsibilities of HEC as well as the difficulties the higher education industry is now facing, on Thursday in a meeting at the HEC Secretariat. Each and every HEC divisional head was present at the conference.

The Minister praised HEC for its numerous attempts to advance higher education but emphasised that more work is needed to fully put the regulations governing quality improvement into effect.

The minister also made a point of saying that institutions ought to be pushed to find their own funding sources. He emphasised the necessity of improving universities' ability to produce resources and managing them effectively.

Rana Tanveer Hussain instructed HEC officials to revive the national university ranking system, stating that it is a crucial element in motivating university administrations to up their performance.

Dr. Shaista Sohail provided an outline of all the key responsibilities of HEC, including quality control, accreditation of colleges and degree programmes, funding mechanisms, the development of smart universities and other HEC services including degree attestation and equivalence in her briefing.

The HEC Acting Chairperson also discussed the difficulties HEC has had implementing its programmes and expressed confidence that, with the assistance of the government, the plans for higher education will be carried out successfully.