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Varsities told to use funds timely & judiciously
Islamabad, Nov 29: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has an effective
monitoring system to check development projects in utilisation of funds. This
was stated by Dr Sohail Naqvi, HEC executive director, while concluding the
second day of the third vice-chancellors (VCs) meeting in Islamabad.
Dr
Naqvi requested the universities to use the funds given by the HEC without
delay. He encouraged them to work in consortium, have greater interaction
between faculty members and students.
The old universities must help new
ones in their development. He also emphasised that training of faculty and
administration in running the affairs of universities, was extremely
important.
Mary Linda Armacost, international consultant on higher
education, gave a presentation on leading transformational change for senior
level administration.
She requested the vice-chancellors to be
vision-oriented after implementation of the tenure-track system, semester system
and should not compromise on quality assurance.
Secretary-General
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Prof John Tarrant highlighted the
ACU and informed the vice-chancellors that there were 500 members and they were
growing in numbers. He invited Pakistani universities to become its
member.
He emphasised on globalisation of education, mobility of students
and faculty. Dawn
Global literacy moot: Seven-member Pakistani delegation arrives in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Nov 29, 2007: A seven-member Pakistani delegation led by Education
Minister Shams Kasim Lakha arrived here on Wednesday to attend the two-day
UNESCO regional conference on global literacy. Pakistan's first lady Begum Sehba
Musharraf, who was supposed to lead the Pakistani delegation, cancelled her
visit to the conference, attended by first ladies of 10 countries to discuss
promotion of literacy. She had consented to attend the conference but skipped
the event in view of situation in Pakistan where her husband was shedding his
military uniform to be a civilian president. In addition to Pakistan, other
countries to be represented by their education ministers include India, Iran and
various Arab countries. Daily Times
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