Hrd Pres For Uet Taxila 18.03.08

Introduction to Higher Education Commission By

Shaikh Muhammad Ali Project Director (HRD) 18th March 2008

Overview • HEC Mission • Status, Challenges and Govt. Action • HEC Strategy and Aims • HRD Programs • R&D and New Initiatives

HEC Mission “To Facilitate Institutions of Higher Learning to serve as an Engine of SocioEconomic Development of Pakistan”

Current Status, Challenges & Government Actions

Higher Education Reform • Task Force on Higher Education (4/01) • Study Group on S & T (10/01) • Steering Committee on Higher Education (01-08/02) – Funding of universities to be doubled in 2 years – Income generated by universities to be retained by them – De-link faculty pay from BPS and shift to performance – based higher pay scale • Higher Education Commission (09/02) – Autonomous body – DDWP Powers, Funds transfer authority

Higher Education Commission Constituted on September 11, 2002 under Ordinance No. LIII, 2002 • Responsible for the improvement and promotion of higher education, research and development in Pakistan • Autonomous body with the Prime Minister of Pakistan as the Controlling Authority

• Chairman HEC has status of Federal Minister • Executive Director, HEC – Has status of Federal Secretary – Is the Principal Accounting Officer of the Commission – May submit summaries or cases to Cabinet directly

Number of Private Universities & Institutions, 1982/83-2004/05 60

50

Number

40

30

20

10

0 1982/83 1984/85 1986/87 1988/89 1990/91 1992/93 1994/95 1996/97 1998/99 2000/01 2002/03 2004/05

Universities

Degree Awarding Institutions

Enrollment in post-secondary education: +12 yrs onwards 300000 250000 200000 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04

150000 100000 50000 0 BSc/BA

Master

M.Phil

PhD

PGD

Enrollment in Post-secondary education: Male-Female 250000

200000

150000 Public Private Total

100000

50000

0 2001-02(M)

2001-02(F)

2002-03(M)

2002-03(F)

2003-04(M)

2003-04(F)

HEC Strategy and Aims

Key Areas of Improvement • Access – Low enrollment in higher education • Quality – Poor standard of faculty and lack of training / capacity building – Low quality of teaching & research and lack of relevance to national needs – Poor governance of universities • Relevance – Minimal relevance of higher education to national needs 55 Years of Neglect

Core

HEC Strategic Aims Faculty Development

Improving Access

Excellence in Learning & Research

Relevance to National Priorities

Support

Good Governance & Management Quality Assurance: Standards, Assessment, Accreditation Infrastructure Development: Physical / Technological

Budget Allocations for Higher Education Sector Rs. in Billions 30

Dev

Rec

Total

2001-02

0.423

2.947

3.370

2002-03

4.265

3.487

7.752

2003-04

4.968

5.305

10.273

2004-05

8.940

6.996

15.936

10

2005-06

11.700

10.493

22.193

5

2006-07

14.300

14.480

28.780

25 20 15

0 2001-02

2002-03

2003-04 Dev

2004-05

Rec

Total

2005-06

2006-07

Recurring Grants to Universities & Institutes 16000 14000

Grant (Rs. in Million)

12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05 Years

2005-06

2006-07

Year wise Development Projects with HEC Number of Projects in PSDP 400

321

350

346

369

300 217

250 200 113

150 100 50

32

0 2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Faculty Development Programs and Achievements

Faculty Development Develop a strong base of Ph.D. level highly qualified faculty (25% ⇒ 100%)

• Short Term Solution – – – –

Short Term Expatriate faculty Hiring International Faculty Hiring ( 1 – 2 years) Hiring of productive retiring researchers Faculty Training

• Longer Term Solution – Indigenous Scholarship Programs (~200 / year ⇒ ~1500 / year) – Overseas Scholarship Programs – Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program

HRD Projects Need Based Scholarships (Undergraduate + Graduate), 3 Undergraduate, 2 Masters, 6

Doctoral Support Program, 4 Split PhD Program, 2 Post Doctorate, 3

Doctoral (Indigenous), 4

Doctoral (Overseas), 19

Current Status of Indigenous Programs (Physical) Batch-IV Batch-III Batch-II Batch-I 0

5000

10000

Scholarships Offered

Batch

Total No of Applicants

15000

Scholarships Availed

20000

25000

Applicants

No of Scholars Awarded

No of Scholars Availing

Batch-I(2003-04)

22000

1297

606

Batch-II(2004-05)

16000

1621

813

Batch-III(2006-07)

9321

2231

888

Batch-IV(2007-08)

3572

3572

750

Total

51078

8721

3057

Discipline Wise Distribution of Scholars Availing Indigenous Scholarship Batch-IV

5%

12%

10% 17%

Batch-III Batch-II Batch-I 0%

7%

35%

20%

Agriculture Physical Sciences

40%

Bio Medical Engineering

60%

80%

Arts& Humanities Business Education

14%

100%

Social Sciences

2003-04

2004-05

2006-07

2007-08

Batch-I

Batch-II

Batch-III

Batch-IV

Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences

33

55

88

Biological & Medical Sciences

71

151

148

156

526

Arts & Humanities

25

61

90

35

211

Social Sciences

93

137

129

55

414

Physical Sciences

273

222

315

292

1102

Engineering & Technology

73

139

84

68

364

Business Education

38

48

34

19

139

Total

606

813

888

750

3057

Discipline

125

Total 301

Number of Scholarships Awarded under HEC Overseas Scholarship Projects 1000 900

151

800 700 600

91

500 400 300

791 67

513

205

200 100

Number of Scholars to Proceed abroad

262

41

49

134

0 Agriculture & Biological & Veterinary Medical Sciences Sciences

Physical Sciences

Engineering & Technology

88

11 26

Business Education

Arts & Humanities

Total Number of Scholars Awarded = 2,559

130 Social Sciences

Number of Scholars Studying Abroad

Year-Wise Scholarships Awarded under HEC Overseas Scholarship Projects Discipline

FY 2003-2004

FY 2004-2005

FY 2005-2006

FY 2006-2007

Engineering & Technology

96

115

219

210

Physical Sciences

58

103

135

130

Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences

23

22

30

85

Biological & Medical Sciences

20

90

110

287

Business Education

6

12

64

41

Social Sciences

11

23

59

47

Total

214

365

617

800

Year-Wise Scholarships Awarded under HEC Overseas Scholarship Projects 350

300

287

FY 2003-2004 250 219

210

FY 2004-2005

200

150

135 130 115

100

103

96

FY 2005-2006

110 90

85

64

58

50 23 22

30

59 47

41 20 6

12

23 11

0 Engineering & Technology

Physical Sciences

Agriculture & Biological & Medical Business Education Veterinary Sciences Sciences

Total Number of Scholarships Awarded = 1996

Social Sciences

FY 2006-2007

Scholarships Awarded under HEC Overseas Scholarship Projects: Country Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences

Biological & Medical Sciences

Physical Sciences

Engineering & Technology

Business Education

Social Sciences

No. of Scholars

Austria

7

22

122

52

14

9

226

France

66

41

104

201

49

30

491

Germany

23

14

42

80

9

12

180

Sweden

0

1

2

41

0

0

44

Netherlands

4

7

29

16

26

21

103

China

9

19

62

45

0

5

140

Cuba

0

360

0

0

0

0

360

New Zealand

23

22

13

19

15

23

115

UK

18

18

34

46

6

26

148

USA

0

3

11

31

0

13

58

Australia

8

0

1

6

4

1

20

Korea

0

0

0

75

0

0

75

Thailand

2

0

0

26

0

0

28

Canada

0

0

4

2

0

0

6

Ireland

0

0

2

0

0

0

2

160

507

426

640

123

140

1996

Country Name

Total

Post Doctoral Fellowships 45 40

40 35

30

30 25

25

26

24 20

20

23

24

19 21

15

Studying Abroad To Proceed abroad

15

17

12 Returned

10 5

5

3

2

0 Agriculture& Veterinary Sciences

Biological & Medical Sciences

Physical Sciences

Engineering & Technology

Total Scholarships Awarded = 274

Business Education

Social Sciences

Foreign Faculty Hiring Program

Year

Application Received

Eligible Candidates

Selected Candidates

Joined

2003-2004

433

210

95

15

2004-2005

393

267

167

83

2005-2006

338

216

110

60

2006-2007

91

87

66

49

2007-08

77

100

86

59

Total

1332

880

524

266

Foreign Faculty Hiring Program

500 450 400 350

433 393

338

2003-2004 300

2004-2005

267 250 210

2005-2006

216

200

2006-2007

167

2007-2008

150 100

91

77

87

100

95

110 86

83

66

60

50 15 0 Application Received

Eligible Candidates

Selected Candidates

Total Faculty Joined = 266

Joined

49

59

Foreign Faculty Hiring Program (Short-Term) 180 160

160 140 120 100 80

65

60 40

30

33

32

2005-2006

2006-2007

20 0 2003-2004

2004-2005

Cummulative

Excellence in Research • Research Grant Program • Pakistan Organization for Collaborative Research • Presidential young innovators program • International Research Support Initiative • Support to Scientific Talent • Sponsorship of Conferences • Travel Grants • Visiting Professorship/Faculty Exchange • Access to Scientific Instrumentation • Support to Scientific Journals

International Linkages • • • • • • • • • •

British University Linkage Program Pak-US S&T Research Linkage Program HEC – AIT Linkage HEC – DAAD, OeAD, SFERE, CSC, SI Linkages Split Ph.D. Program International Conference Support International Research Support Initiative Faculty Exchange Post Doctoral Fellowship University Linkage Program

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