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• Country Case Pakistan
• National Strategy and Vision
• for Higher Education
• By
• Prof. Dr. S. Sohail H. Naqvi
• Executive Director
• Higher Education Commission, Islamabad

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Outline of Presentation

• Background
• Higher Education Commission Formation
• Function of the HEC
• National Strategy Vision
• Impact of HEC
• The next 5 years

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Higher Education Commission

• Background
• Peril and Promise Higher Education in Developing
  Countries, World Bank, 2000
• Task Force on Higher Education in Pakistan,
  Report (2001)
• Steering Committee on Higher Education, Report
  (2002)
• Higher Education Commission
• Constituted on September 11, 2002 under Ordinance
  No. LIII, 2002
• Autonomous Prime Minister of Pakistan
  Controlling Authority
• Chairman HEC Status of Federal Minister
• Executive Director, HEC
• Has status of Federal Secretary
• Is the Principal Accounting Officer of the
  Commission

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Functions of the HEC

• Higher Education Development Promotion Policy
• Formulate policies, guiding principles and
  priorities for higher education Institutions
• Financial Responsibilities
• Submit to the Federal Government the recurring
  and development budgets for public sector
  Institutions
• Allocate funds to public sector Institution out
  of bulk financial provision received from the
  government and other resources on performance and
  need basis
• Facilitate the introduction of educational
  programmes that meet the needs of the employment
  market

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Functions Quality Assurance

• Prescribe conditions for opening and operating
  HEIs in the private sector
• Cause evaluation of the performance of
  Institutions
• Carry out accreditation of Institutions including
  their departments, faculties and disciplines by
  giving them appropriate ratings
• Determine the equivalence and recognition of
  degrees, diplomas and certificates .

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HEC Mission

• To Facilitate Institutions of Higher Learning to
  serve as an Engine of Socio-Economic Development
  of Pakistan

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Key Areas of Improvement

• Access
• Low enrollment in higher education
• Quality
• Poor standard of faculty and lack of training /
  capacity building
• Low quality of teaching research and lack of
  relevance to national needs
• Poor governance of universities
• Relevance
• Minimal relevance of higher education to national
  needs

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HEC Plan of Action
Faculty Development
Improving Access Learning
Excellence in Research
Relevance to National Priorities
Core
Infrastructure Development Physical, Technology
Support
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Training the Brightest!

• Massive Foreign scholarship programs
• Focus on European Countries China
• Worlds largest Fulbright Scholarship program for
  the US
• Indigenous PhD programs
• Strict criteria for PhD Studies
• Complete Scholarship package
• Stipend, research support, tuition etc.
• Huge Local Scholarship Programs for Undergraduate
  level studies

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Attracting the Brightest Faculty!

• Changing the Environment
• Transforming UGC
• New University buildings, laboratories,
  facilities
• Access to information
• Access to sophisticated instrumentation
• Change in Salary Structures
• under Tenure Track system salaries of
  Professors raised dramatically
• Research Productivity Allowance (based on
  Cumulative Impact Factors during the preceding
  year)

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Attracting the Brightest!

• Research Funding
• Competitive Peer Reviewed
• Grants to Attend Conferences
• Grants to host conferences
• 75 Reduction of Income Tax for all academics
• Reversing the Brain Drain
• Guaranteed Jobs to fresh PhD.s with higher salary
  structures under tenure track system
• Short Term Foreign Faculty Hiring
• Long Term Foreign Faculty Hiring

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A Focus on Quality Assurance

• Quality Assurance Structure
• Defining QA Procedures
• Establishing Standards
• Capacity Building
• Degree Verification
• Statistics Compilation Ranking
• Liaison with
• Professional Accreditation Bodies
• Provinces
• International QA Agencies

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Quality Assurance Criteria

• 4 Year Undergraduate Program
• Eligibility Criteria for Faculty Appointment
• Tenure Track System
• Criteria for Recognition of Journals
• College Affiliation Criteria
• Quality Criteria for PhD Program
• Course Work at MPhil./PhD level
• International Refereeing of Dissertation
• International Publication

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HECs Major IT Initiatives

• INFRASTRUCTURE
• IT Reforms in Universities
• Pakistan Education Research Network (PERN)
• PAKSAT-1
• Virtual University

• SERVICES PROVIDED
• HEC Website
• Digital Library
• E-books
• Pakistan Research Repository
• MIT Open Courseware http//mitocw.pern.edu.pk

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Higher Education Web Portal
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National Digital Library
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
No. of Institutions given Access - - 110 170 250
Training of NDL - - 5100 7500 10000
No. of Journals (Online) - - 14500 20000 22000
Articles Downloaded - - 450000 665000 1200000
Research Output 788 890 1048 1257 1500
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Curriculum Division
Before 2004, Bachelors programme was of 2-year duration. Before 2004, Bachelors programme was of 2-year duration.
2004 Initiation of 4-year BS programme was taken up in 2004 and HEC designed a uniform curricula for about 60 disciplines by the year 2006.
2006 Template for Agriculture was designed and implemented in various Agric. Disciplines
April 2007 Uniform Template for Engineering, Basic and Social Sciences was designed.
Development of uniform curricula, in line with the templates developed, for the following disciplines are in progress. 7 disciplines of Basic Sciences 2 disciplines of Humanities 14 disciplines of Engineering Development of uniform curricula, in line with the templates developed, for the following disciplines are in progress. 7 disciplines of Basic Sciences 2 disciplines of Humanities 14 disciplines of Engineering
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Development Funding
UGC in 2002 HEC in 2007
Total Development Funding Rs. 4.3B Rs. 14.3B
Total Development Projects 147 354
Total Funds Released in Past 5 Years Rs. 1.881B Rs. 33.309B
Total Funds Utilized in 5 Years Rs. 1.88 Rs. 26.68B
Number of Institutions Funded 45 76
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Development Funding
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Recurring Funding
UGC in 2002 HEC in 2007
Total Budget Rs. 3.39B Rs. 14.48B
Number of Funded Students 132,226 256,994
Number of Funded Institutions 69 99
Inter Univ. Acad. Activities Budget Rs. 4M Rs. 590M
Promotion of Research Budget Rs. 46M Rs. 650M
Number of MPhil/PhD Students 6,744 12,856
Percentage Self Generated Funds 48 55
Library Budget (Incl. Dig. Lib) - Rs. 230M
Recurring Funding per Student Rs. 25,629 Rs. 56,345
Funding per COE/ASC Rs. 5.641M Rs. 20.362M
Funding per Chair Rs. 0.936M Rs. 3.136M
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• IMPACT of HEC

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Pakistan Research Output2001-2006
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Human Resource Development
Description UGC in 2002 HEC in 2007
Indigenous Scholarship Projects    
Total Number of Projects 2 4
Scholarships Availed 342 2861
Overseas Scholarship Projects    
Total Number of Projects 0 15
Scholarships Availed 0 1428 (1131)
Post Doctoral Fellowships  
Total Number of Projects 1 1
Fellowships Availed 45 259
Foreign Faculty Hiring Program    
Total Number of Projects 0 3
Total Number of Faculties hired 0 258 (175 st.)
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Quality Assurance
UGC in 2002 HEC in 2007
Ranking of Universities Not Available Available
Quality Enhancement Cells 0 30
Accreditation Councils 7 11
Quality Assurance Agency None Established
Approved Journal Criteria None Notified
Approved Journals 0 77
Tenure Track Faculty 0 110
MPhil/PhD Award Criteria Varied Standardized
Eligibility Criteria for appointment of faculty members Varied Standardized
Affiliation Criteria Varied Standardized
Tenure Track Statutes N/A Standardized
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HEC IT Evolution
UGC in 2002 HEC in 2007
Total HR 250 750
Basic IT Aware employees 8 550
IT HR 2 43
Servers 0 15
Computers Laptop 70 50072
Printers 5 150
Network 0 750 nodes
Links No Air link, Fiber
Internet 56kbps 8 Mbps
Web site (Hits) 100 200k/month
Email Server No Yes
Digital Library No Yes
Video Conferencing No Yes
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Learning Innovation
No. Of Faculty Trained No. Of Faculty Trained
UGC in 2002 HEC in 2007

• Short Term Professional Development Courses
  530 4249
• Long Term Professional Development Courses
  0 3399
• Open/Customized Workshops/Seminars
  0 295
• Lectures/Seminars by Foreign Experts
  0 190
• Training through HEC Capacity Building Programs
  0 428
• ICDL Training imparted 0
  246
• ICDL Resource Centers 0
  05
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• GRAND TOTAL
  530 8807

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The Next 5 Years
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Projecting HE enrollment and population age group
         
       
      2007 2011 2016
Age 17-23 pop     21.4 25.4 30.2
univ enrollment in 000 (Incl. Distance Education)     574 955 1840
colleges enrollment 000     310 377 480
univcolg enrol 000     884 1332 2320
univ enrol/pop     2.7 3.8 6.1
colg enrol/pop     1.4 1.5 1.6
HE (univcolg) enrol/pop     4.1 5.2 7.7
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Are there Students ?
Source WB HE Assessment Report (2006)
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Additional Faculty Required(Public Sector)
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Financial Realities

• Education lies at the heart of development
• 2 of GDP ? 4 of GDP
• Higher Education at least 20 of Education
  expenditure
• The Government can not do it all
• Universities must enhance own income
• Private Sector Role is Crucial
• Distance Education

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HEC The Next 5 Years

• 2007-2012
• Institutional Ownership
• Quality Assurance
• Governance
• Recruitment of Faculty
• Mega Development Projects
• Public Private Partnership

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Conclusion

• Higher Education in Pakistan
• has a new lease on life !
• Vital to sustainable poverty reduction
• Key to building Pakistans Human Capital
• HEC Focus on
• Good Governance and Management
• Efficient Implementation Capacity Building
• Relevance to National Priorities

Higher Education Commission Fuelling
National Growth