HEC Chairman says that the old Masters program (MA, MSc and MCom) and the two-year degree program (BA, BSc and BCom) will not be reintroduced under any circumstances.
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) has rejected any possibility of re-establishing the old masters program and two-year graduation program across the country, saying that the graduation period will also continue in the form of a 4-year bachelor’s degree.
According to the details, HEC rejected the possibility of reintroducing the old masters program and two-year graduation program across the country, including in Sindh, and upheld the decision to continue the third-degree bachelor’s degree and two-year associate degree (ED) programs.
HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad says that the old Masters program (MA, MSc and MCom) and the two-year degree program (BA, BSc and BCom) will not be reintroduced under any circumstances. We are not looking back now, but we are trying to correct the shortcomings of the new programs that have been introduced.
He said that instead of the old masters program and two-year graduation program, HEC created these programs keeping international standards at the forefront, and now these programs will continue regardless of whether any notice is issued.
The Higher Education Commission is a statutory body established by the Government of Pakistan in 2002 and chaired by Atta-ur-Rahman. Its primary responsibilities include funding, supervising, regulating, and accrediting the country’s higher education institutions.
The commission also facilitated the development of the country’s higher educational system, with the main goal of upgrading the country’s universities and degree-awarding institutes to be focal points of high learning, education, research, and development.
Over the years, it has played an important and leading role in the development of a knowledge-based economy in Pakistan by awarding hundreds of doctoral scholarships for study abroad each year.
Since the implementation of higher education reforms in 2002, the commission has received praise from international higher education observers. Under his leadership, Atta-ur Rahman has received a number of prestigious international awards for the remarkable transformation of the higher education sector.