HEC organizes research methodology course
By Bushra Makhdoom

ISLAMABAD—A six-day course on Research Methodology organized by the English Language Teaching Reforms (ELTR) Project of Higher Education Commission concluded at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar Campus.
Issues related to Research Methodology and Publications were addressed by experts in the field. The course highlighted the importance of research in higher educational institutions, faculty development and promotion of quality education in public sector colleges and universities. A total of 33 participants attended the course which included 23 nominees of the Directorate of Higher Education, Government of NWFP and 10 nominees of four universities.
The resource persons for the course included Prof. Chand Rahman, Dr. Farooq Ahmad, Dr. Ghayas ul Haq and Dr. Amjad Hussain Shah, all from FAST-Peshawar, Prof. Khadim Hussain, Bahria University, Islamabad, Prof. Nasreen Ahsan, NED Karachi, and Mr. Bashir Khan Khattak, Statistical Analyst, ELTR Project HEC.
The contents of the Course included Finding a Research Topic, Role of Computers in Research, Writing Research Grant Proposals, Research Methods for Social Sciences, Plagiarism, Why and Where to Publish, Research Ethics, Scientific, Report Writing, Editing and Proof Reading of Research Work, Data Collection and Data Analysis, Research Design, Analyzing Abstracts and Data Collection Tool, Using Online Resources for Research, Sharing and discussing Case Studies, Action Research, Introduction to Documenting Research and Using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) in Research.
Dr. Syed Amjad Hussain Shah, Director FAST-NU, Peshawar was Chief Guest in the concluding ceremony. Mr. Farmanullah Anjum, Regional Director, HEC Peshawar was also present. In his remarks Dr. Amjad praised the efforts made by HEC in promoting higher education in Pakistan. He thanked ELTR Project for holding the course on research at FAST-NU Peshawar.
Mr. Bashir Khan, Course Coordinator said that HEC has launched a major project of English Language Teaching Reforms to bring qualitative improvement in English Language Teaching and learning in order to build capacity for effective and sustainable development of English language teachers in the higher education in Pakistan.