Higher Education Commission (HEC), in collaboration with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), organised a workshop on fundraising and resource mobilization for the staff of 11 public universities. The closing ceremony of the three-day workshop, attended by 28 participants, was held at HEC Secretariat on Friday. The workshop was designed to help universities strengthen their ability to sustain their operations and diversify income.
The resource persons addressed the issues like optimisation of human resources and economic difficulties and resource constraints for education. One-third of the total revenues of Pakistan’s public sector higher education institutions come from non-government funds, such as tuition fees, college affiliation fees, exam fees or hostel charges. Only a small share of public university revenues is generated through contract research, commercial ventures, fundraising, endowments or other philanthropic sources.
