ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on Wednesday celebrated the launch of new online method for scholarship disbursement mechanism of the USAID-funded Merit and Needs-based Scholarship Programme in 30 partner universities across Pakistan during signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between […]
HEC
Higher Education System in Pakistan – What went wrong and how to fix it
The major structural issues in higher education system of Pakistan are leading to poor governance of the educational institutions and questionable quality of education. Governance differences are present both in public and private sector universities. The private sector board portrays a more efficient system compared to the public sector board that lacks autonomy and is […]
Why universities should ban PowerPoint?
While technology is affecting every aspect of human life as such cellular phones are causing brain tumor, continuous disruption, car accidents, addiction among young generation and disconnectivity from real life engagements and so on, academia is no exception where many universities have already banned Facebook and mobile phones during lectures and now call for embargoing […]