Dr. Javaid Laghari, the new Chairman of the Higher Education Commission, said today that providing access to higher education for the 24.5 million youth who are not enrolled in universities will be the top priority for the HEC. Dr. Laghari made these comments about an hour ago during an interview on Breakfast at Dawn, hosted by Naveen Naqvi. According to Dr. Laghari, only 0.5 million youth currently have access to higher education, whereas the number of Pakistanis of university-going age is around 25 million. He felt hopeful that the democratic government will fund the development of new universities to help educate a large number of potential students.
Dr Javaid Laghari Appointed Chairman HEC
August 27, 2009
Dr Javaid R Laghari, former senator and president of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Karachi, has been appointed as the chairman of the Higher Education Commission by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani yesterday, Dawn and The Nation report in their today’s editions.
