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Abstract

At the time of inception Pakistan had a very weak infrastructure of higher education but successive
Governments did not do much to establish and strengthen tertiary education. Good policies with lack of
political will and financial commitments proved unrealistic. Privatization in the early 70s followed by a
mushroom growth of private institutions on a commercial basis and lack of commitment and absence of quality
standards in public universities proved to be evils beyond UGC's control. Hence a large number of institutions
admitting even larger number of students turned out to be a nightmare in terms of quality of human resource
being produced by many institutions because they lacked human, financial and infrastructure resources
required for the job.
Taking stock of the situation the present Government established the Higher Education Commission with the
primary task to enable universities and degree awarding institutions to develop effective human resource
(faculty development) to create a synergy effect by imparting quality education to the able youth. To
supplement and complement this, adequate financial resources for infrastructure are being provided and
quality standards and procedures are being set in place.
The researcher is of the view that the present interventions are a welcome effort and are likely to convert the
ill effects of the recent mushroom growth of institutions of higher learning into positive ones in terms of
producing effective human resource. However it is recommended that this effort should not be made in
isolation and should be made as a national effort synchronizing school, college and university education into a
solid blend so that quality and quantity complement and support each other.

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