HEC develops core of university administrators
By Bushra Makhdoom

ISLAMABAD—The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is fast developing a core of university administrators well-versed in modern educational development skills.
A number of programmes initiated in recent years were aimed at training young faculty in educational administration and management skills and assisting universities in promoting a continued education system for their faculty and administrators.
Under these programmes, special refresher courses and hands- on workshops on governance and management of educational institutions are being held for capacity building of available varsity administrators.
All universities are upgrading capabilities to formulate and implement projects aligned with their respective visions. The relevant authorities are also developing performance based award and promotion system in all cadres of university workforce.
Research management cells at the universities are being set up to manage research, apply for international grants, commercialize research and participate in national and international research activity.
HEC is assisting all the educational institutions in identifying areas requiring reform, identifying best practices, and suggesting mechanisms for improvement.
The function of the universities is to produce quality graduates required by industry and all of them as a whole and each department in turn must work to identify the profile of their respective graduates.
This profile must be built in consultation with the potential employers to ensure employability of graduates as the solid English verbal and written communication and computer skills are the demands of the times.
HEC is evaluating the performance through various indicators that include number of university administrators undergoing training courses and percentage of projects rated as ‘Good’ by monitoring teams for projects being undertaken by the universities.
The universities have been asked to follow Tenure Track System of appointments and use financial management system.