ISLAMABAD, Mar 3 (APP): Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed Friday said that HEC was making all-out
efforts to improve the standard of higher education in all
educational institutions, bringing it at par with international
level.
Talking to PTV news in an interview chairman informed, HEC
converted all the varsities into ‘Smart Universities’ by providing
unlimited internet facility to them.
“We are committed to enhance the overall capacity of the
Higher Education Institutions by equipping them with financial and
human resources”, he mentioned.
Chairman said ,our youth has great potential and they
always achieved great successes in various fields.
They need proper training to become good human beings as
well, he remarked.
Dr Mukhtar said the present federal government was committed to paying attention to Information Technology and launched laptops
distribution programmes among hundreds of thousands students of
various levels.
He said the HEC was constantly struggling to provide the
country with highly qualified faculty members to impart standard
knowledge to the upcoming students.
The HEC had taken a number of initiatives to promote higher
education, encourage research activities, increase access rate and
improve quality of education, he revealed.
Dr Mukhtar said students needed to move towards market-
oriented subjects. “We need to focus on market demand,” he
underlined.
He also mentioned HEC earlier introduces Vedio Online
programmes in various universities to facilitate the students
specially living in far flung areas.
He said in order to impart quality education at par with
international standards, HEC continuously updating its curriculum
as per future requirements.
In a question regarding Laptop schemes he further said, with
the distribution of laptops, youth of the country was being
harmonized with latest demands of present age, adding, it is also
helping them become aware of new inventions and changing situation
throughout the world, he highlighted.
Effective and immediate steps would also be taken to promote
information technology (IT) in country as it is the need of the
hour.