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HEC evaluates working of centres of excellence

Posted on: Sat July 24, 2010

Islamabad: Higher Education Commission (HEC) carried out a comprehensive survey to monitor the progress of working of the Centres of Excellence.

A consultative session of the directors of these centres, the Vice Chancellors of the universities where centres are established and the representative of ministry of Education was held at HEC on Friday. The meeting was chaired by Executive Director HEC Dr Sohail H Naqvi.

The survey was aimed at monitoring the progress of Centres in relation to their statutory functions like promotion of research in focused area of their specialization, training of human resource leading to award of MPhil and PhD degrees, dissemination of knowledge generated in shape of national and international seminars and symposia and to monitor meaningful utilization of funds.

During the consultative session, the directors of centres presented their academic development plan for next three years and informed the meeting about their operational difficulties in presence of the Vice chancellors.

It was agreed that the vice chancellors would facilitate convening of meetings of Board of Advance Studies and Research aimed at registration and production of more research scholars. The committee also agrees to appoint a sub-committee comprising three directors and three nominees of the voice chancellors to further streamline the rules and regulations for working of the centres of excellence.

Courtesy : The News