Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman HEC and a large number of Vice Chancellors physically and through video conference. The meeting was held to discuss governance and quality of higher education in universities and their affiliated colleges. In his opening remarks, Dr Masoom Yasinzai briefed the Vice Chancellors about the purpose of Vice Chancellors Committee meeting. He appreciated the Senate Standing Committee for calling Vice Chancellors in a provincial consultation seminar.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed said the Vice Chancellors are the major stakeholders of higher education sector and the meeting of universities heads have great importance in terms of development of the sector. He said HEC accords high importance to governance and quality of educational institutions and their affiliated colleges.
He said despite having made significant development in quality of teaching in universities, there still remains a lot to correct. He stressed the need to set up Quality Enhancement Cells for affiliated colleges to monitor and ensure their performance. He revealed that this is high time to take the higher education sector forward in Pakistan and strengthen universities with, of course, strong accountability.
During the course of meeting, Vice Chancellors expressed their confidence in HEC and appreciated its vision and the support that HEC has been extending to higher education institutions since its inception. They also shared problems facing their respective universities. To this, Dr Mukhtar Ahmed assured them of HEC's support.