CM calls for more investment in higher education
Saba Noor
KARACHI Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (Retd)
Maqbool suggests that universities can enhance their infrastructure, faculty
quality, and research capabilities through increased government funding and
public-private partnerships.
This he said while speaking at
Habib University he visited on Wednesday morning. President Habib University
Wasif Rizvi, Lt Gen (rtd) Tariq Waseem Ghazi, and faculty members received the
chief minister and visited him multi-layered campus.
The chief minister said that the
provincial government has established several universities in the province for
which efforts were being made to make them the best educational institutions.
“The establishment of a university was not enough but to make it a seat of
learning was a big challenge,” he said.
Justice Baqar expressed
satisfaction over the private sector's contribution to higher education, citing
Habib University as a shining example of this collaboration between industry
and academia.
The CM lauded the
state-of-the-art architecture of Habib University, its faculty and modern
method of education. “This university is not merely an institution, but it is a
complete package of the best faculty and an ideal educational atmosphere,” the
CM said.
During a briefing to the Chief
Minister, Wasif Rizvi, President of the University, revealed that Pakistan has
been ranked 119th in higher education, behind Nepal, Bangladesh, and Ghana. He
added that only 12 per cent of the total intermediate enrolment can secure
admission to higher education, which is a cause for concern and needs to be
addressed.
He suggested that the government
should consider launching higher education through public-private partnerships
to secure investments in the sector.
