PAKISTAN: HIGHER EDUCATION HITS A NEW LOW

[Jamshed Hashim], who got a grant from HEC for his three-year project on microwave-assisted organic synthesis, would stand to lose if the federal government decides to hand over higher education to provinces and dissolve the HEC. "We have already bought the equipment for the laboratory from the...

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Published inGlobal Information Network
Main Author Zofeen Ebrahim
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Global Information Network 16.04.2011
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Hashim, Jamshed
Rahman, Attaur
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Summary:[Jamshed Hashim], who got a grant from HEC for his three-year project on microwave-assisted organic synthesis, would stand to lose if the federal government decides to hand over higher education to provinces and dissolve the HEC. "We have already bought the equipment for the laboratory from the 6.7 million rupees (79,496 dollars) I received and quite a bit of work is already under way," he rued. At a recent press conference, [Raza Rabbani] said the government was not targeting the HEC over the fake degrees cases. "The decision to devolve the education ministry and, with it, the HEC, through a possible constitutional amendment was taken way before the fake degrees episode." He also warned that the 300-million-dollar loan approved by the World Bank last month would be withdrawn if there were no HEC. "Yes, this was a condition that the HEC will not be touched," said [Attaur Rahman]. Another 250 million from dollars from USAID has been put on hold for the same reason.