ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan finalised groundwork for establishing regional centre of National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) in Sindh. Centre will be set up in Karachi. HEC under its Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project, aims to strengthen its NAHE, an academic wing of HEC aunched in 2019 to improve quality of teaching, research and governance in higher education institutions (HEIs) across Pakistan. Establishment of four NAHE regional centres were envisioned during life of HEDP project. Addressing immediate need for lack of quality training facilities for academia in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, two chapters were notified in these two provinces last year. Moving forward, two more are to be established in Punjab and Sindh.

In this regard, two-day consultative workshop was held with regional stakeholders of Sindh on establishment of NAHE regional centre in Karachi. Workshop was chaired by Programme Coordinator HEDP Dr. Mahmood-ul-Hassan Butt, while more than 40 stakeholders including Chairman Sindh HEC, Vice Chancellors and Deans attended. Some Vice Chancellors mentioned that their universities have already developed human resource development activities and expressed their desire to collaborate with other universities.

Dr. Salvador Malo World Bank consultant was also engaged during session via video conference. He is assisting HEDP in assessment of learning outcomes through use of an international test at national level in Pakistan.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 03 2023

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