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Pakistan can learn a lot from the Korean experience that has translated the country in less than half a century into the fourth largest economy in Asia and 13th largest in the world, said Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmed Watoo. Addressing a convocation ceremony at the Higher Education [...] Go to [...]

There is a general perception that the main cause of the pitiable state of education in Pakistan is the inadequate allocation of funds. The persistent refrain has been that Pakistan devotes less than two per cent of its annual GDP to education while most other countries, even in South Asia, allocate [...] Go to Source

The tough attendance and leave rules of Government College University are pursued by the authorities so strictly that hundreds of Intermediate and graduation students have been declared ineligible for appearing in the examination and some of them have been expelled from the university as well while others are subjected to heavy [...] Go to Source

Against the orders of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who directed the Finance Ministry to sustain the recurring budget of the Higher Education Commission up to Rs23 billion the cabinet has approved 30pc to 40pc budget cut in real terms annually for the next three years. The cabinet has approved a three-year [...] Go to [...]

Vice-chancellors of the 60 public-sector universities in the country are meeting on Feb 9 (Monday) under the umbrella of the Higher Education Commission to finalise a strategy to cope with the ‘financial crunch’ the institutes have been facing for the last several months. The meeting, scheduled to be held in Islamabad, will [...] Go to [...]

A spokesman Higher Education Commission (HEC) has stated that the institution has not become bankrupt, however it is facing severe difficulties over scarcity of funds. He also reiterated that already enrolled scholarship programmes will be completed on priority basis and HEC will facilitate the students with scholarships, who are getting educations in foreign varsities on [...]

The Higher Education Commission has constituted a representative body to institute prompt coordination mechanism between business institutes of the country for effective improvement the education standards and ensuring quality of education in business and related disciplines. The decision was taken at a special sitting of Business Education Accreditation Council (BEAC) of [...] Go to Source

HEC has finally announced its bankruptcy and declared that they are unable to further fund any of the public universities even for the regular day to day affairs. An email has been sent to all public universities VCs pointing the reasons that federal government has denied the funding and HECs own accounts are dried up. [...]

Islamabad, Jan 29: The limited capacity of attestation department of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the disrespectful behaviour of its staff are a constant source of anxiety for the students who come from different parts of the country to get their degrees attested. Only two counters for males and females each have been set up [...]

Islamabad, Jan 15: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has planned to soon initiate online verification of degrees of students intending to visit abroad for further education. This was stated by Member Operations and Planning HEC Dr Mukhtar Ahmad. The commission would verify degrees and certificates of students intending to get admissions abroad, in Pakistani universities or [...]

Islamabad: Despite the instructions of the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, the Finance Ministry has been unable to grant timely and full release of allocated funds to the Higher Education Commission (HEC), thus disobeying the orders of the chief executive of the country. The premier had issued these directives along with other orders to the [...]

Chairperson higher education commission announced that due to unavailability of funds the first law university which was planned to be setup at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad will not be able start this year. It was planned that students will be able to earn a law degree after 5 years of BA LLB and for this [...]

Here are the key leaders in the ranking: Agriculture / Veterinary 1. University of Agriculture (UAF), Faisalabad 2. NWFP University of Agriculture , Peshawar 3. University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi 4. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam Art / Design 1. National College of Arts, Lahore 2. Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi 3. Indus Valley School of [...]

University of Hong Kong [which is ranked as 33 in world ranking] has offered undergraduate scholarships for Pakistani students. Under this program, scholarships will be offered in all fields except MBBS (Medicine) program. The scholarships will be of following three types:  Full Scholarships Half Scholarships Partial Scholarships Last date for submission of application is January [...]

Lahore Unviersity of Management Sciences (LUMS) through its Centre for Advanced Studies in Mathematics (CASM) has invted nominations/applications for  post doctoral fellowships (@ Pak Rs. 70,000.00 per month) for six months during the year 2009-10. The applications should be succinct and include the following: Name, Date of birth, Academic qualifications starting from B.Sc., Research experience, List [...]

Introduction With His Majesty’s consent, the Government of Brunei Darussalam is offering annual scholarships under a special scholarship award scheme, commencing in 2009-10 academic session. Under this program following courses are being offered in various universities of Brunei Drassalam:   Bachelor Degree (Honors) Master Degree HND (Higher National Diploma) DN (Diploma in Nursing) Objectives The [...]

Shaheen Foundation is a trust of the Pakistan Air Force to promote welfare activities for the benefit of serving and retired PAF personnel including civilians and their dependents.  The Foundation has launched following scholarship programmes with last date upto February 28, 2008: (a).      Shaheen Fellowship Scheme.   Shaheen Fellowship awards are offered to the wards of serving/retired PAF [...]