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HEC has extended the last date for submission of applications for PhD fellowship till August 7. The purpose of the extension is to facilitate candidates from far-flung areas of the country. The scholarship will be awarded for the academic year 2012-13 in all areas of studies and disciplines on the quota basis as per federal . . . →Read More:PhD fellowship applications can be submitted by Aug 7:HEC ISLAMABAD – The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has conferred Distinguished National Professor Award on four academicians for their outstanding performance. The award is presented to those academicians who have shown exceptional performance in their respective fields,set benchmark for others and played a vital role in raising the standard of research as well as academic . . . →Read More:HEC awards 4 professors for their exceptional performance Higher Education Commission (HEC) has received a case of plagiarism in which a student of Karachi University has alleged that her teacher stole her thesis and got it published with her name to get financial benefits,Dawn has learnt reliably. According to sources,Mehwish Hameed,a PhD Scholar in Botany from Karachi University has alleged . . . →Read More:Karachi University student accuses supervisor for plagiarizing her thesis We have seen an abnormal growth in the number of private universities in Pakistan over the past two decades,offering formula-type undergraduate programmes. The owner of some of these universities started them without charters and ran them as business for years,which helped them accumulate enough resources and clout to buy political influence to get charters from . . . →Read More:Commercializing education in Pakistani Universities The media is being kept in the dark over the progress being made by the Election Commission on the scrutiny of legislators’ educational credentials since the process was taken over by the chief election commissioner two month ago. The ECP has stopped altogether issuing any press releases in this regard. . . . →Read More:Media being kept at bay on fake degree progress A large number of students,faculty members and employees of various universities gathered here on Tuesday to show their opposition to devolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC). The protesters,under the banner of ‘Defending HEC Movement’,staged a rally from the National Press Club to the Parliament House. They were carrying national flags and placards . . . →Read More:Protesters oppose HEC devolution There is an impending disaster looming in front of us (something also mentioned in a recent editorial in this newspaper on the matter of devolving the functions of the Higher Education Commission [HEC] to the provinces). What has been decided by the cabinet (on the recommendation of a parliamentary committee on devolution headed by Raza Rabbani) . . . →Read More:Time to save the Higher Education Commission Renowned nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan has strongly opposed what he has called the destruction of the country’s highest forum to guarantee for quality of education,the Higher Education Commission (HEC). “There is a move to destroy the Higher Education Commission by shredding it to pieces and hand these pieces to the provinces. This is . . . →Read More:HEC is a strategic organisation,don’t shred it to pieces  One comment  Education  Coal at Thar,Copper at Saindaik,don’t shred it to pieces,Food Security and Water Resources,Gas at Qadirpur,Gold at Riko Diq,HEC,HEC is a strategic organisation,Higher Education Commission,NED,nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan,NUST,UA Faisalabad,UET Lahore,UET Peshawar,World Bank,World Economic Forum ISLAMABAD: The future of over 5,000 students presently studying at different foreign universities seems to be at stake as the financial matters of Higher Education Commission (HEC) are being shifted to the provinces under the 18th Amendment. . . . →Read More:Devolution and Division Bells Students and recent graduates with MA English language teaching and linguistics (ELTL) degrees have voiced concern about their job prospects after the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) confirmed that it could not hire them as college lecturers. . . . →Read More:English teaching degree not thought fit for teachers | |||
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