KARACHI: Higher Educatio
n Commission (HEC) on Tuesday directed the universities and degree awardin
g institutions to ensure implementation of the Commission’s decision to raise
minimum qualification to 18 years of education for appointment of lecturers.
In a statement issued from Islamabad, HEC urged vice chancellors and rectors to ensure that
minimum qualification for the appointment of a lecturer is MPhil/MS or e
quivalent degree i.e. 18 years, or Masters from a foreign University. Deadline given for decision’s implementation is June 30, 2017.
The universities, which have already adopted and implemented the decision have been appreciated and advised to continue implementing the decision.
Moreover, HEC has also extended the cut-off
date for raising
minimum qualification of Assistant Professors in universities/degree awardin
g institutions to the level of PhD, to January 1, 2018.
