Education

Islamabad, October 24, 2023: The governing body of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) – the Commission – held its 42nd meeting on Monday to discuss HEC’s policies and operations for the betterment of the higher education sector in Pakistan. Presiding the meeting, Chairman HEC Dr. […]

Islamabad, October 23, 2023: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Higher Education System Strengthening Activity, organized a strategic planning dialogue for Vice Chancellors of 16 Pakistani universities. Leaders from the public sector universities gathered to share the strategic plans that each […]

Rawalpindi, 23 October, 2023: The annual convocation week of the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) commenced at the University’s main campus in Islamabad today. Chairman NUST Board of Governors, General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) graced the occasion […]

Islamabad, October 22, 2023: The Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP), a five-year project (2019/20-2023/24) being implemented by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) with support from the World Bank to expand upon key higher education priorities in Pakistan, has achieved over 80 per cent of […]

Urumqi OCTOBER 20 (Online): Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar reached Urumqi an autonomous region of Xinjiang during his ongoing visit to China and he visited Xinjiang University where Xinjiang University President Yao Qiang and members of Academia welcomed him. While addressing to large gathering […]

Islamabad OCTOBER 18 (Online): Science and Technology cooperation agreement between Pakistan and USA has been extended for another 5 years. An important development has come out regarding Pakistan-USA bilateral relations. Pakistani Ambassador Masood Khan and Director of State Department have signed the agreement. Science and […]

Islamabad, October 18, 2023: A delegation of senior officials from Afghanistan called on Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed at HEC Secretariat. The two sides discussed issues of mutual academic interest, including joint research programmes, student and faculty exchange efforts, training of Afghan […]

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at the Aga Khan University (AKU) recently hosted a roundtable discussion to address the details of the newly launched faculty and celebrate its inaugural batch of students, who have embarked on an inspiring journey to pursue their academic […]

Islamabad, October 18, 2023: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), under its Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project, conducted a one-day consultative seminar on ‘College Faculty Professional Development Policy Dialogue’ in collaboration with the Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab. The Directors Colleges from respective Punjab […]

Islamabad, October 17, 2023: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) under the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Careers Programme hosted a prestigious Prize Ceremony to honour the outstanding achievements of participants in 2022 and 2023 at International Science Olympiads. Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed was […]