Year 2019 will be the quality assurance year of higher education in this country, Minister of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Rauff Hakeem said. He made this comment during the assumption of duties for the new year at a meeting held yesterday in the University Grants Commission’s Auditorium.
Minister Hakeem further said,
We may not be able to make a revolution in the higher education sector in this country, during this limited period of time. but, we can make a remarkable Change In this journey as we focus our attention to a number of objectives
The main issue is the quality assurance in higher education. There are many educational institutes including state universities, post-graduate and affiliated institutes. However, private higher education institutes function on their own way. Some have obtained the approval from the University Grants Commission. But the majority of the institutes function without obtaining proper approval.
Thus, in order to resolve this issue the standard of this sector should be ensured by appointing an independent commission.The standard of this vital sector should be ensured at any cost. We will present a Cabinet Paper soon to appoint the said commission, followed by a thorough study.