Recommendations of varsities’ consortia forwarded to CM

LAHORE: Following the directives of Punjab Governor M Balighur Rehman, the final recommendations of consortia established in seven important themes in universities of Punjab have been forwarded to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in the form of a report.

The Governor has urged the Punjab Chief Minister to issue instructions to the administrative departments of the varsities for immediate implementation of the recommendations of the consortia.

Earlier, the Governor identified seven key themes in the three-day conference of Vice-Chancellors held in Murree in September 2022 and directed the Chairperson Punjab Higher Education Commission to set up consortia comprising VCs and faculty members.

The major themes on which the consortia were established are as follows: Governance and Finance, Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Character Building, Drugs and Narcotics Control, Women Empowerment, Promotion of Technology.

After several meetings of consortia in universities the final recommendations were formulated. The aim of forming these consortia was that academia should come up with solutions for the challenges faced by society and various departments.

The consortia were tasked with carrying out in depth analysis of these assigned areas and delivering recommendations that would proffer indigenous solutions to the indigenous challenges.