47. Pakistan Economic Survey 2011-12 - Consultancy Services in ...

Pakistan Economic Survey 2011-12Higher Education Commission(iv) Financial management and sustainabilitySince its inception in 2002, the Higher Education (v) Research, innovation and entrepreneurshipCommission (HEC) has been striving to encourageuniversities to play a greater role in the economicKey achievements of the Higher Educationdevelopment of the country. After implementingCommission are as follows:the MTDF 2005-2010, HEC has proposed its nextfive year plan viz. its second MTDF – 2010-2015to create the knowledge capital and technologyrequired to enable Pakistan to join the ranks of theindustrially advanced countries within the nextdecade. The few prime physical targets of theproposed 5-year plan are:Human DevelopmentHuman resource development within the highereducation sector lies at the heart of the HEC’sreform process. This is an area in which vital andsignificant progress has been made. With the dualobjective of increasing institutional capacity and(i) Promoting excellence in learning and researchenhancing local research activities, the major thrustof the programmes in this area have been primarilyaimed at improving the academic qualifications of(ii) Developing leadership, governance andmanagementuniversity faculty. However, scholarships schemesare also open to individuals working in the private(iii) Universities building economies and or government sectors as well as Pakistanicommunitiesstudents. The projects and programmes are givenin Table-10.6.Table 10.6: Projects/Programmes(Numbers)Project Name144ScholarshipAvailedScholarsCompleted StudiesProvision of HE Opportunities for Studentsof Balochistan/ and FATA2000 28Japanese Need Based Merit ScholarshipsProgram950 935Financial Support for Meritorious NeedyStudents Program165 148Indigenous PhD Scholarship Schemes 1512 819692 People are placed in HEIs under Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs Programmes.Source: Higher Education CommissionHEC is also playing its role in running differentscholarship programmes to enhance academicqualification at various levels on merit basis in linewith requirements. The details are given in Table10.7.Table 10.7: Scholarships(Numbers)Project NameScholarsScholarships ScholarsCompletedAwarded ProceededStudiesPost-Doctoral Fellowship Programmes 590 477 4491000 Cuban Scholarships for Studies in General ComprehensiveMedicine604 604 N/AUS needs based Scholarship Programme for Pakistani UniversityStudents901 901 659MS / M. Phil leading to PhD Scholarships for teachers of WeakerUniversities.21 21 1MS leading to PhD Faculty Development Programme of UESTP/UETsUniversities.189 117 2Overseas scholarship scheme for PhD in selected fields Phase - 1 19 19 383Overseas Scholarships Phase-II 1439 1200 132Fulbright Scholarship Programme 233 233 24Source: Higher Education Commission