KP government constructs 10 universities: Report
PESHAWAR, May 16 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department has successfully
constructed 10 additional universities, including two women universities
during its tenure.
According to performance report issued by the department here on Wednesday.
The report said that 47 new colleges have been established during the past
five years including nine colleges for boys and 32 for girls along with
establishment of six commerce colleges out of which two are for female students.
Similarly, two Home Economics Colleges for women have also been established.
Furthermore, 20 additional colleges will be completed by the end of the ongoing year.
As per the report, the budget allocation for Higher Education department increased by 113? percent during the past five years.
Similarly, under the universities support programme, the universities financial
assistance increased by 79 percent during the past five years.
Moreover, the ratio of admissions in colleges has increased by 21 percent
and the ratio of admissions in universities has increased by 43 percent
during the past 5 years.
The BS programme in colleges has also been extended to 99 colleges as compared to 37 colleges in 2013.
In order to motivate the faculty of 28 universities in KP towards better
performance, performance grants worth 760 million have been approved and
will be distributed among faculty members this year on basis of
achieving identified goals and yearly performances. Similarly, in 2016,
Rs50 Million performance grants have been distributed among faculty of
36 colleges on basis of their performance. This year, a similar package
of 40 million performance grant has been approved for colleges.
The report said that Rs 933 million have been spent during the past five
years for provision of missing facilities in 79 colleges of the
province. Additionally, 10,000 research students have been provided
access to HEC digital library along with construction of three new public
libraries in the province.
In an attempt to monitor the performance
of colleges, biometric attendance machines have been installed in 185
general colleges and 31 commerce colleges of the province. Higher
Education Information Management system has been made functional.
Under the Faculty Development Support Programme, financial assistance is
being provided to college teachers for completing MS, MPhil and PhD
programmes.
In 2015-16, 285 faculty members were provided assistance
for MS and MPhil programme whereas 113 members were provided assistance
for PhD programmes.
Financial assistance worth Rs 124.6 million has
been provided to 5193 unemployed graduates in the province. These
reforms are in addition to the legal reforms and reforms undertaken for
resolution of departmental issues.