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HEC to help computerise varsities
Islamabad, Nov 06, 2007: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is pursuing a University
Computerisation and Networking Programme to provide public sector universities
with funds for computerised infrastructure, an HEC official said
Monday.
With installation of local and wide area networking system, the
project was furnishing universities with modern communications systems,
supporting local intranet and Internet accessibility, he said.
The
official said the digital library programme would effectively help promote
research activity besides empowering the universities with the requisite
information technology resources. He said the increased research activity must
be complemented by the provision of high quality services and infrastructure to
revitalise universities into world-class seats of learning.
HEC has
developed a criteria to evaluate performance of universities on the basis of
indicators such as degree of computer networking, deployment of student
information system and number of library journals.
The official said
there was also a plan to establish central research laboratories at the premier
research universities across the country. He said the laboratories would be
centralized and have essential equipment required by researchers in a variety of
disciplines.
Universities would be asked to submit mega projects keeping
in view their research requirements that would be reviewed at the Executive
Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC), he added. The News
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