NA standing committee briefed on HEC´s future plans, challenges
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Islamabad : The universities will suffer if the indicated budgetary cuts are executed, said Dr. Tariq Banuri, chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) while briefing a meeting of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training with Mian Najeeb-ud-Din Awaisi in the chair at the Commission Secretariat. Highlighting challenges facing the higher education sector, the chairman expressed concerns that instead of increase in the sector’s budget, it has been fluctuating since the establishment of HEC in 2002. “Pakistan’s education system is grossly under-funded.� He informed the committee members that HEC undertook an extensive...