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New PhD policy April 6, 2021 The history of educational policies in Pakistan is replete with non-consultative abrupt decisions which disrupted the ongoing policies and put things upside down. One such example was the nationalization of the private and missionary educational institutions by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1972. This sudden and unplanned decision seriously disturbed the fabric of the educational system in Pakistan and some renowned educational institutions fell victim to the policy. Ano...

The fate of MPhil and MS degrees Having a master’s in natural or physical sciences will be of little advantage after the new policy The writer is an assistant professor of Chemistry at LUMS I was yet an MPhil student at Quaid-i-Azam University when I got selected for PhD studies in Germany on a scholarship. I had completed the coursework and was about to start my research. The admission committee at the German university had offered me admission to their PhD programme based on the courses I ...

Islamabad January 21, 2021 Islamabad:Under the new PhD Policy, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has allowed universities to give admission to BS graduates in the PhD programmes provided they meet the criteria of ‘Preparedness’ and ‘Commitment’ set by the universities. This was stated by Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Tariq Banuri while addressing a news conference here on Wednesday. He said that the new Undergraduate Education Policy 2020 and the PhD Policy is aimed at...

HEC chairman has announced that an individual with 16 years of education or BSc can directly enrol in a doctorate programme now