Higher Education Commission (HEC) has finalised new curricula for BS mathematics and BS textile engineering (four-year programmes). In this regard, a special meeting of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) in mathematics was held at HEC Regional Centre, Lahore to finalise draft curriculum of BS mathematics, says a press release.
Professor Dr Riaz-ul-Haq Tariq, member (Academics), HEC presided over the meeting, which was attended by nine mathematicians from different public sector universities of the country. The meeting finalised and adapted BS mathematics curriculum in the light of HEC standardised template/framework for four-year degree so that the new syllabus may be brought at par with the international the standards.
The new curriculum will inculcate problem solving and formulation skills in the students. The committee agreed to include two courses of social sciences instead of one in the curriculum. Besides developing curriculum for BS Mathematics, the experts may also develop special Mathematics courses for students of BS programmes in social sciences, basic sciences and languages.
The undergraduate curriculum in textile engineering was revised in the light of unified framework/template prepared by the convenors of the NCRC and agreed by the Pakistan Engineering Council. Six experts from different public and private sector universities of the country attended the meeting.
Dr Riaz-ul-Haq Tariq said that textile engineering has gained significance in the field of engineering. "Continuous advances in textile engineering have lead to rapid advances in the existing applications of Engineering as well as in the emergence of new applications", he said. Emphasis was laid on the need for inclusion of subjects from other disciples especially English, social sciences and logic at undergraduate level engineering disciplines.
HEC is providing a platform at the national level to bring together the experts from various educational and R&D institutions to review and revise the curriculum at graduate level so as to bring harmony and to bring quality in the higher education.