A joint delegation of Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF) and Higher Education Commission (HEC) visited Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) here on Thursday. The delegation held detailed meeting with Vice Chancellor of QAU Dr Masoom Yasinzai and Deans, where Chief Executive Officer of IPDF Adil Anwar presented different proposals for public-private partnership in education and health sectors.
The Vice Chancellor showed keen interest in establishing a medical college and an institute of technology within the premises of the university campus under Public-Private Partnership mechanism. He said the university can easily accommodate both institutes as it has quality human resource (Faculty) and infrastructure, adding it is the need of hour that public sector universities should reduce there dependence on national exchequer.
Adil Anwar said that the public-private partnership in education sector is very common around the globe. In Pakistan, there is a lot of participation of private sector in education, but a partnership of public sector and private sector for a joint educational facility at this level would be something new.-PR