The Higher Education Commission (HEC) would grant Best University Teacher Awards 2011 to 63 university faculty members in a special ceremony to be held at HEC Islamabad on August 21.
Minister of State for Education, Training & Standards in Higher Education Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman will be the chief guest on the occasion.
Best University Teachers Award Program was initiated by Higher Education Commission (HEC) in 200, to improve the quality of education along with enhancing external and internal efficiency of university education. The program provides monetary as well as self-esteemed incentives to teachers from universities and degree awarding institutions through awards and certificates. Each year nominations for the awards are invited from the public sector and W category private universities and degree awarding institutions of Pakistan focusing on their contributions towards teaching, research and efforts for professional development. So far, 349 awards have been conferred over a period of eight years under this program.
For the year 2013, as many as 63 university teachers have been selected by Best Teacher Award Committee after a comprehensive evaluation and scrutiny among the 153 nominations received from higher education institutions from all over the country.