Staff Reporter
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) to get Rs 20 billion more budget from the government aimed at to invigorate and to strengthen the higher educational institutions, besides improving quality education across the country.
According to the official sources on Thursday, the amount will be allocated on the request of Chairman HEC Dr Tariq Banuri to the Prime Minister for allocation of more budgets for various projects of higher education.
Reviewing the HEC demand, the prime minister directed to provide Rs 20 billion on urgent basis to resolve the current issues of the higher educational institutions, they added. The prime minister constituted a committee under Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood to address the issues keeping in view the resources, financial rules and regulations of the universities, sources further informed.
“This announcement has been made under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan for promotion of education in country, even though the government was facing financial constraints,” the sources remarked. The total allocation for HEC during the years of 2019-20 was around 60 billion which has now reached to 80 billion with allocation new budget of Rs 20 billion, they maintained.
They went on saying that the HEC under Ehsaas Programme, had also allocated an amount of Rs 6 billion annually for the scholarships being provided to the 50,000 deserving students of 117 public sector universities.
