Tag: HEC
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250,000 students to appear in Matric exams starting today
The Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore will begin Matric (10th Class) examinations on Tuesday (today), with over 250,000 students expected to take part. According to a BISE Lahore official, the Lahore Board has set up 759 examination centers for the exam. The 9th Class exams will begin on May 26 and will…
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Private students in Punjab will soon be able to take FSc exams
Punjab’s Higher Education Department (HED) has decided to make another alteration to the intermediate test guidelines to facilitate private students in the province. Private students will now be eligible to sit at the FSc yearly examinations, according to reports, with the latest modification due to take effect in the academic year 2023. However, the students will…
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PM launches Scholarship Complaint Portal for students
Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the Scholarship Complaint Portal for students across the country today. The core purpose of the newly launched portal is to help students with their problems as quickly as possible. The portal will also ensure transparency and merit in the award of scholarships. At the launching ceremony of the portal in…
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Has Punjab banned co-education in private colleges? Here is what’s going on
News reports of the Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) banning co-education in private colleges for the BS (Hons) programmes have been circulating on social media since Wednesday night. However, Azhar Mashwani, the Punjab chief minister’s focal person for digital media has said that the news reports are fake, and no such decision has been made.…
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Supreme Court orders Education Commission to close illegal private universities
The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Wednesday ordered the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to close down campuses of private universities all over the country that are running illegally. The SC remarked campuses of Preston University and Al Khair University have been set up illegally in Lahore and Karachi. Students sought help from the court…
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HEC allows online exams after ‘violent’ student protests
A day after several students were injured as a result of a violent protest against on-campus examination outside the University of Central Punjab in Lahore, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has allowed universities across Pakistan to conduct online examinations with “adequate safeguards”. In a statement, the HEC said it “already allowed universities to use their…
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HEC reportedly revises policy for PhD admissions
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has reportedly revised its policy for PhD admissions on January 1, 2021. According to reports, under the revised policy, students can also apply for PhD directly after four-year BS programs. The policy states that the minimum duration of a PhD degree will be three years while the maximum duration of…
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HEC introduces e-services for online degree attestation
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has introduced online degree attestation. As per details, all students seeking degree attestation should apply on their website via http://eservices.hec.gov.pk. In a statement, the HEC HEC informed that the attestation process would no longer function on the previous link, adding that the old applicants would use their formerly verified username and…
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Punjab University set to establish climate research lab as HEC approves Rs100 million funds
Lahore’s Punjab University (PU) is going to set up a climate research laboratory to look into accelerating climatic changes in the country, for which the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved Rs100 million funding. As per the details, the lab will run under the supervision of Department of Space Science Director Ziaul Haq while Sahida…
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Students protest outside HEC Islamabad demanding to waive of semester fees
Several university students from across the country protested outside the Higher Education Commission (HEC) office in Islamabad demanding the board to waive their full semester fee, suspended online classes and promote all students to the next semester without examinations. Blocking Islamabad’s Service Road, the students had placards in their hands and raised slogans against the…