Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Prof. Dr Mukhtar Ahmed has said that the government was committed to promoting higher education in remote areas to help the youth get access to higher education.
He said this in a meeting with Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party President and Central Secretary, Senator Usman Kakar, on Wednesday and discussed the issues pertaining to the universities of Balochistan.
The chairman, during the meeting briefed the senator about various HEC initiatives for development of higher education in the province, including different scholarship and R&D opportunities available for faculty members, researchers and students, particularly those people who cannot afford higher education on their own expense.
The chairman also gave details of programmes under the Aghaz-e-Huqooq-Balochistan Package as well as Prime Minister’s Youth Programme.
“We believe that significance of youth in any society could not be undermined therefore every possible step is being taken to facilitate our youth,” he said.
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed informed the guest that the Federal Government has announced to open one university or at least its sub-campus in every district of the country, adding that HEC will establish eight new sub-campuses in different parts of Balochistan over the next three years.
Senator Usman Khan Kakar appreciated HEC for bringing the much-needed change due to its initiatives during the last decade. He assured complete support of the provincial government and his party for further developing the university education in Balochistan.
