Sub-campuses of FATA University to be established: HEC Chairman

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Chairman Higher Education Commission Dr Mukhtar Ahmad has said that sub-campuses of FATA University will be established in all agencies to address the travel problems faced by students of far off areas.

He said this during a meeting with parliamentarians from FATA in Islamabad on Monday.

The chairman said under the prime minister’s special initiatives for the students of FATA, Gilgit Baltistan, Balochistan and interior Sindh, millions of students have benefited from different scholarships, laptop schemes and other incentives, and are receiving education from leading national and international universities.

He said that the HEC is focusing on impact-driven research and to achieve this goal special measures have been taken.

He mentioned the Pakistan Education Network through which all national universities are interlinked and scholars can access international research journals.

Dr Mukhtar Ahmad said that the HEC has achieved success with its three-pronged strategy of equal access to education for all, quality assurance, and achievement of desired outputs.

He said that the commission has been reviewing the impact and output of education.

He expressed satisfaction that with an enormous increase in the number of female students in universities in all fields of education the male to female student ratio in educational institutions has almost been equalled.

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