HEC to organize courses for university administrators
By Bushra Makhdoom

ISLAMABAD—The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will organize courses to improve the skills of university administrators, making them well-equipped with modern educational tools, an HEC official said Monday.
The official said a number of programmes initiated in recent years have resulted in imparting effective training to young faculty in educational administration and management skills.
He said the programmes were also aimed at assisting universities in promoting a continued education system for their faculty and administrators.
Under the programmes, special refresher courses and hands-on workshops on governance and management of educational institutions are being held for capacity building of varsity administrators.
He said 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 researchactivity, he said.
HEC is assisting all the educational institutions in identifying areas requiring reform, identifying best practices, and suggesting mechanisms for improvement, he added.
The official said function of the universities is to produce quality graduates required by industry and all of them as a whole, must work to identify the profile of their respective graduates.
He said this profile must be built in consultation with the potential employers to ensure jobs for graduates as solid English verbal and written communication and computer skills are the demands of the industry.
He said 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.