The Faculty of Veterinary Science (FVS) University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) on Monday took out a rally to mark the Higher Education Commission (HEC) 15 years of Excellence. The walk commenced from FVS Building was concluded at Faculty of Agriculture. The rally was led by UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar. While Dean Faculty of Veterinary Sciences Dr Ahrar Ahmad Khan, Dr Zafar Iqbal Randhawa, Dr Muhammad Tariq Javed, Dr Anas Sarwer, Dr Sajad ur Rehma, Dr Muhammad Nisar Khan and other faculty members along with tens of hundreds of the students participated in the walk. Initiate
The Vice Chancellor said that contributions of Higher Education Commission can be gauged from the fact that at its initiation in 2002, there were only 59 universities in Pakistan now there are 188 higher education institutions. Then 2.6 per cent gross enrolment has increased to nine per cent. If we analyze the research paper countrywide, the number has crossed to 12,000 publications, from 800 publications. Our homeland has now around 12,000 PhDs whereas the number was only 3,110 PhDs in 2002.
He said that HEC had played role in the development in term of quality education, trained manpower and research. He said that no nation can make the development without ensuring the quality education as it works as the foundation of prosperity.
He said that UAF due to HEC has promoted research culture in the university. As a result, number of PhDs which are produced at UAF during 2001-2017 increased from 300 to 1593. While overall students' enrollment has increased from 7,372, in the year 2002, to 25,511 in 2017, respectively. Indigenous PhD fellowship programs launched by HEC have not only supported meritorious students but also promoted poor scholars to transform their dreams of PhD into reality.
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