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LAHORE: The vice-chancellors' (VCs') committee set up by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has finalised a 10-year road map to improve higher education in Punjab.
Under the plan, besides the establishment of an international standard information technology and technical university at Knowledge Park in Lahore, the upgrade of sub-campuses of public universities, granting the status of universities to some government colleges, improvement of the infrastructure of the universities and development projects worth Rs34.6 billion would be completed from 2014 to 2018. Another action plan has also been evolved to spend another Rs30 billion in next five years.
This was announced in a briefing regarding the future of higher education at a meeting presided over by Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmed n on Monday.
VCs' committee head retired Lt-Gen Muhammad Akram said the infrastructure of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering and Technology in Multan would be completed at a cost of Rs3.8 billion and Rs1 billion would be spent on the project in the first phase.
He said 850 acres at Dera Rakh Chal on Bedian Road has been allocated for the Knowledge Park. He said the sub-campuses of world renowned universities would be set up over 400 acres of the park.
Also the IT and Technical University would be set up over 100 acres. He said the remaining 400 acres would be utilised for providing housing to foreign universities, setting up of ICT companies and provision of recreational facilities.
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Apr 08, 2014 01:17pm
**10-year road map to improve higher education** this the cherished dream we envisioned while casting our vote. **Long live democracy**
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Apr 08, 2014 01:53pm
50% of these funds will be used to buy and distribute laptops, This is the PML(N)'s idea of Higher Education.
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Apr 08, 2014 02:05pm
Indeed a good move! Will rest of the provincial governments follow?
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Apr 08, 2014 02:06pm
Imran khan of PTI established a University by donation from people of Pakistan or Pakistani Origin without naming putting his name on the project. Shabaz Sharif and his begharit family just goes out and spend treasury of Pakistan's money on a University to put his brother's name on a building that has nothing to do what so ever with what Nawaz Sharif profession. Nawaz Sharif is an example of George WH Bush and Shabaz Sharif is an example of Jen Bush.
May Allah protect us from these moronic and corrupt Politician, Ameen.
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Apr 08, 2014 02:22pm
What a non-sense. Higher education: for who? Try to do something for lower level education instead of distributing lap tops (after yellow cabs). There are no schools, no help is provided for basic education to poor people and this government is taking care of higher education.
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Apr 08, 2014 02:39pm
Kon jeeta hy tari zulf k sar honay tak. How much will be doled out to different madressas is also questionable. How much will go in the Rats Hole will never be known.
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Apr 08, 2014 03:03pm
This is a really good news!
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Apr 08, 2014 03:44pm
@Khawaja Masood Raza:
They will rest on flaming hatred against Punjab rather than following suit.
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Apr 08, 2014 04:19pm
why no such move for Karachi and other part of country?
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Apr 08, 2014 04:40pm
Higher education is already well funded as per needs of the country. Industry has shifted abroad ...
Emphasis should be on basic education Primary, secondary and Higher Secondary. The teaching staff and other resources should be better catered for in public sector institutions. Free education for all but no proper salary structure for school teachers and other resources deficiency in cities and village schools will not elevate the education of Pakistan!
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Apr 08, 2014 04:53pm
keeping all criticism at side.....this is very good step it was indeed need of hour....good!
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Apr 08, 2014 05:24pm
More than 35 million children don't go schools. Where is the attention to it?
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Apr 08, 2014 05:28pm
Let's hope some of it actually goes towards 'higher education'.
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Apr 08, 2014 05:41pm
@Mac1960:
True. 35 millions children do not go to school at all. Instead of talking about higher education PML N should focus on these children and improving existing structure.
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Apr 08, 2014 06:19pm
@SYEDA SARA BATOOL: After 10 years with Punjab only and what about Sindh, Kp and Baluchistan, who knows ... The country need small projects as soon as possible to built a solid structure. We are already many years back.
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Apr 08, 2014 06:23pm
wonder what our Sind government is doing about education?.. probably too busy in political games. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. so let us educate our political parties first.
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Apr 08, 2014 06:25pm
This is good idea, but county with more than 50% illiteracy should not forget about basic education. Primary, secondary schools should not be forgotten. We need a comprehensive education policy for whole Pakistan.
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Apr 08, 2014 06:26pm
In 64 Billion, if the govt goes to all small parts of Pakistan and give 10m Each and open small schools in districts, villages, small cities then the Education will be a common thing for all Pakistan. Rather invest the whole 64B in Punjab and get Veena and Meera in return.
Back to the future.
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Apr 08, 2014 06:34pm
Very good news of 10-Year Road Map to improve higher education. Earlier Mr Shahbaz Sharif launched Laptop scheme which resulted in yielding foreign exchange from abroad. This is because of the proper use of Laptop by our talented youth like my nephew. They are doing online jobs and earning foreign exchange using Laptops.
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Apr 08, 2014 07:50pm
10-year road map to improve higher education in Punjab
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Apr 08, 2014 09:27pm
Great News. Other should follow them. I wonder how many similar university projects were opened by Musharraf or PPP in Punjab or any other province in last 13 years before NS Govt?
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Apr 09, 2014 02:53am
In Punjab now we would see the university on the name of Nawaz Sharif who have nothing to do with Science and Technology but we will never see any university on the name of two Scientific Noble Prize Winners born and bred in Punjab namely Har Gobind Khorana and Abdus Salam ?.
When PPP came they were making universities on the name of Bhutto and now PMLN is again on the same path to name everything on Nawaz Sharif.
PMLN PR agents are working hard to make the Sharif Family worthy of Worship in Punjab but they dont know that there is a difference in Sindh and Punjab and we will never worship Nawaz sharif or his family.
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Apr 09, 2014 07:20am
@khanm:
Sindh government needs to do nothing in this regard as their constituency is uneducated rural class without even basic needs.
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Apr 09, 2014 09:43am
To all the intelligent people of sindh ,Kp and balochistan . FYI he is the CM of punjab not of KP balochistan and sindh. So while voting next time think about it cuz the present govt doing nothing.
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Apr 09, 2014 03:59pm
@AJamal:
we all deserve the basic right and basic amenities... you and i have to keep on fighting...folks..You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
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