—14 universities to be warned to improve teaching standard
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), in consultation with Higher Education Commission (HEC), may suspend engineering programmes at around 14 universities, for not complying with set international standards.
“The decision has been taken to maintain the teaching standards at engineering institutions, at par with international level, especially after Pakistan became the member of Washington Accord,” official sources told APP.
However, the sources said that the matter is under consideration and there is a possibility to first warn these universities to improve their standard of teaching.
“But, an early decision is expected on this matter. Such universities would have to face strict decision if they fail to comply with the international standard of teaching,” the sources said.
As many as 19 countries including Pakistan are members of the Washington Accord; the forum aims to set high performance and standards at international level in the engineering discipline.
The degrees of the engineering students of Washington Accord member countries would be accepted in 60 countries of the world.
Pakistan is the 19th member country of the Washington Accord and third in Islamic countries after Malaysia and Turkey.
The sources mentioned that since Pakistan has joined this accord, with an aim to better qualification for the youth, strict compliance of standard becomes mandatory.
“We shall have to take strict decision, being the member of Washington Accord, to keep engineering standard compatible to other universities of the world,” the sources added
Education standards should be improved
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