PESHAWAR
\nChief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Justice Retired Syed Arshad Hussain Shah Sunday chaired a high level meeting wherein a detailed review of the financial problems of public universities and other matters were discussed.
\nThe meeting was also attended by the concerned provincial ministers and administrative secretaries, the chairman of the Higher Education Commission and other officials were also present.
\nThe decision was also taken to complete the process for the appointment of Vice Chancellors in the government universities of the province as soon as possible.
\nThe government has agreed to make grants given to universities subject to better financial discipline of these universities.
\nThe meeting also agreed to merge university campuses with low enrollment with each other. The meeting also agreed to replace the traditional courses of colleges and universities with courses in line with modern market requirements. The financial crisis facing universities is a serious matter, Chief Minister told the meeting.
\nUniversities need a comprehensive and full-time strategy to pull them out of this crisis, Arshad Hussain Shah said.
\nThe provincial government is moving forward in this regard in consultation with all stakeholders, caretaker Chief Minister said. He said workable financial plans should be prepared to make universities financially stable and self-reliant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Justice Retired Syed Arshad Hussain Shah Sunday chaired a high level meeting wherein a detailed review of the financial problems of public universities and other matters were discussed. The meeting was also attended by the concerned provincial ministers and administrative secretaries, the chairman of the Higher Education Commission and other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-376526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n