Recently, a tug of war between the Government of Sindh and Federal HEC began when the regulatory body announced to put an end to the two-year degree programmes. Clarifying HEC’s position, Ikram said that the HEC has not ended the two-year programme, rather stopped admissions into the two-year BA/BSc programme after December 2018. After that deadline, admissions were only to be given into the AD programme, which is also a two-year programme. The HEC observed that two-year degree programmes were still being offered at universities and colleges affiliated with it despite its 2018 notification. But what of the state universities in this current scenario where a large amount of their revenue is generated from these private bachelors and masters degree programme?

Source: The Express Tribune March 14, 2021 06:22 UTC