HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION (HEC), PAKISTAN: ITS CURRENT ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES, PROBLEMS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AND SUGGESTED FUTURISTIC REFORMS (IN A FUTURISTIC MILIEU)

Abstract

The 70 year nascent history of Pakistan reflects a vacillating picture of education policies and practices at all levels, and can assuredly pave the way for future education only if reformed pragmatically and conclusively. The present position paper aims to explore and highlight the role and responsibilities of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and of Ministry of Education Pakistan, problems in higher education of Pakistan and, in turn, suggests viable solution to the issues in hand in a futuristic milieu. The existing study (while examining the aforesaid issues) pursues The Pakistan Futuristic Foundation and Institute (PFI), Islamabad, as an educational role model and mentor. Thereby, the existing study and research is contextualised in The PFI. Since education is seminal to the holistic-integrative growth and development of a country at all levels, that is why the researchers have probed and examined the current education system while observing, studying and experiencing it, objectively. For that matter, the current study is qualitative, conceptual-cum-practical, holistic-integrative, and characteristically futuristic.