No cut in higher edu budget: Cheema
LAHORE – Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab Secretary Ahad Khan Cheema has said that despite flood devastation and resultant cut in the development budget, there was no significant cut in the higher education budget and the revolutionary 4 years BS (Hons) programme in 26 colleges will go unabated with a strong political will backed by adequate finances.
He was delivering concluding speech at a special seminar organised by the Higher Education Department on “Introduction of 4 years degree programme and autonomous mode of governance in 26 colleges in the Punjab” followed by a question/answer session on Tuesday.
Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman presided over the function while Higher Education Commission (HEC) Executive Director Dr Sohail Naqvi, vice-chancellors of Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) and University of Gujrat Dr Bushra Mateen and Dr Nizamuddin respectively, Government College for Girls Samanabad Principal Dr Tasnim Akhtar, Government Islamia College for Girls Cooper Road Principal Prof Shahnaz also addressed on the occasion. DPI (Colleges) Dr Jalil Tariq, Additional Secretaries HED Yawar Hussain and Ch Mohammad Akram, principals, deans and heads of department of six autonomous colleges of Lahore, members of Board of Governors, students and parents were also present in the seminar.
Earlier, HEC Executive Director Dr. Sohail Naqvi said that the government was planning to launch this programme since the past ten years. “It is an attempt to giving voice and words to latent talent, which lies in our students.
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