Now this is more than too much from government to decide to dissolve HEC... This was the only institution that wa corruption free and granting scholarships to deserving students... Shame on cheap and desastrous policies of government.... believe me HEC is more important to pakistan than its nuclear assets... Nuclear assets can be destroyed but an educated nation cannot be side lined...

I am not aware of the situation completely but is government making some alternate institution if they are dissolving HEC ?

Devolving it to provinces.

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First of all comparison of Education with Nuclear assets cant be done in any way. Both have their own importance. But In a country like Pakistan, people don't actually know importance of education, neither our people nor our policy makers. From my eye, education is top most importqnt thing other than any thing else whether its nuclear weapons or anything else. Our people are still unable to understand that.
If we talk about HEC, it was providing tremendous services to education sector and serving nation in real sense. Investment in education sector starts giving outcomes in 20 to 30 years when we have those highly educated people on working and important positions. HEC opened doors of education for everyone and many many students studied through their scholarships etc, which otherwise was not possible for them. Similarly bringing Pakistani talent back to Pakistan, promoting research, monitoring universities etc are few invaluable services by HEC. So, whether its dissolved or devolved, will be greatest loss to Pakistan.
We don't need "Pakistan Cantt". We need an educated and prospering Pakistan. We cant compete to anyone just through power whether its nuclear or any other. We need good scientists, good engineers, good researchers which make Pakistan to develop own technologies, own weapons and everything rather than just buying from others and saying it our power. Actual powers are economical powers and powers of educated masess not just so called military power.

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The government is not dissolving HEC as education sector has given to provinces but as a revenge of pointing out forged degrees of our so-called leaders.. HEC is paying the cost of truth... we all know that giving provinces power is something like giving a teenager whisky and keys of car. Now every university of Pakistan would be under the influence of a politcal party.

I too think that it is the wrong act, as it will be less credible if the authority is distributed to provinces....every province start proving themselves...and also there is no doubt in that the political interference will be increased and the degree will lost its worth...as different province may have different criteria of awarding degrees....

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In addition those students who want to go to foreign for higher education, verify their Bachelor and Master Degrees from HEC and then they are able to apply abroad. There is going to be a lot of mess if HEC is dissolved.

The question, which needs to be clarified is that, what is the purpose which may be hidden behind this modification?
Hence, most of the Political leaders and policy makers are aware about the creditability of HEC. What is there opinion about this issue?

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HEC dissolution: Who’s to say they’re not fake



Following the government’s decision to dissolve the Higher Education Commission (HEC), the core functions of degree recognition, equivalence and attestation are to be shifted to a new commission which will be constituted under the cabinet division, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The federal government has decided to constitute a separate division under the cabinet division to deal with all federal departments. The proposed commission would also have the power to recognise the new universities mushrooming all over the country. The move could allow universities that do not presently meet the existing criteria to get themselves recognised and accredited. Already, many such cases have been blocked by the HEC as the institutes lack the required faculty, libraries, internet connectivity and are housed in a few rooms.

It is generally believed that by granting recognition to such institutes, the degrees granted by all universities in Pakistan would become suspect.

Some sources were of the view that the shift of HEC degree recognition and attestation functions to the cabinet division has little to do with devolution and everything to do with parliamentarians who hold fake degrees.

The HEC attests more than 200,000 educational documents each year and every Pakistani going for work abroad must have their degrees attested by the HEC, which is recognised by the entire world as a fair and impartial body. The HEC is a board member of the Asia Pacific Quality Network and is a member of Quality Assurance Agencies of the World. These memberships have to be earned and are not transferable.

Some experts believe that due to the creation of a new commission, all degrees issued by Pakistani institutions would not be internationally accepted at face value despite any ‘stamp’ issued by the new body. This is because the world is carefully following the fake degree scandal of Pakistani parliamentarians and can see what the HEC’s dissolution entails.

The HEC is an autonomous body that reports directly to the prime minister (PM) instead of a division. Two-thirds of its members are appointed by the PM from a panel of eminent academics. These members are appointed for terms spanning four years and may not be removed, save on proven charges of corruption, inefficiency or permanent disability. This structure is what gives the HEC autonomy and allows it to pursue its function with merit and rule of law as the only arbiters.

The autonomous nature of the HEC was the reason that allowed the it to defy pressure to verify degrees of parliamentarians that did not meet the strict standards of verification set by the commission.

Sources said that without autonomy, a new commission would then, presumably, rapidly clear the backlog of unverified degrees.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2011.

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