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Federal govt intends to abolish HEC’s autonomous status
July 27, 2021
KARACHI: Social activists, academics and human rights defenders have said the federal government intends to systemically abolish the autonomous status of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan by promulgating a presidential ordinance making the commission a subordinate agency of the federal education ministry.
The government on March 26 had issued the Higher Education Amendment Ordinance, according to which, the four-year tenure of the commission’s chairman has been reduced to two years. Later, the government issued a notification through which the present HEC chairman was removed from his position. Afterwards, however, the government felt that there is a legal lacuna in both the ordinance and the notification. Therefore, another notification was issued on April 5, and three days later on April 8 a new Higher Education Amendment Ordinance was issued.
The entrance of Karachi University.
Setting aside the provincial government’s decision, Sindh High Court’s verdict, and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s (HEC) directives that declared the two-year degree programme unauthorised, the Academic Council of the University of Karachi (KU) last week approved the continuation of the traditional two-year BA, BCom and BSc degree programmes in the affiliated colleges of the varsity.
In response to the KU’s announcement, the HEC once again has issued alerts on its official website and social media accounts, informing the students that two-year degree programmes will not be recognised. “Students and parents are advised not to waste their time and money by enrolling in unauthorised degree programnes. These programmes [two-year] have been phased out because of quality concerns.”
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