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HEC roadmap for streamlining business education
ISLAMABAD, March 6(The News): The National Curriculum Revision Committee of the Higher Education
Commission (HEC) has prepared a roadmap for streamlining the business
administration education in the country.
At a meeting on Monday, it
decided to review the existing duration and credit hours for the bachelor and
master's degrees in the business administration discipline. The two-day meeting,
chaired by member HEC Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, was held at the NWFP Agricultural
University, Peshawar.
It was decided that an MBA degree would now require
30-36 credit hours duration after a four-year bachelor degree. According to HEC
sources, a roadmap has also been designed for the candidates from other streams
of studies, like BA, BSc, BE, MBBS and M Com, who are desirous of doing
MBA.
"An MBA degree earned after this will be equivalent to the
conventional M Phil degree," they said. The award of a two-year MBA degree after
14 years of schooling will be discontinued henceforth, they added. "No further
admissions under this programme will be offered after the academic session
2008," they observed.
It was further decided that an MBA - Executive
degree would also be of two-year duration, with credit hours ranging from 90-96.
One year MBA - Executive programme after 14 years of education will be
considered equal to a post graduate diploma (PGD).
The MBA Executive
Programme are be aimed for professionals and people in service, they said. Over
25 deans, chairmen and professors of business administration departments from
leading public and private sector universities of the country participated in
the meeting and recommended the establishment of a "Centre of Excellence in
Business Administration" at a central location to cater the needs of the MS and
PhD programmes.
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