Call for linking education institutions to market

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana has said nations who promote higher education and research have prospered.

Addressing a ceremony regarding National Research Programme of the federal Higher Education Commission (HEC) at a hotel here on Friday, he said there was a need to connect higher education institutes (HEIs) and the market with each other to make the best use of research being carried out in the HEIs of the country. 

HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed and vice-chancellors (VCs) of the universities of the province attended the event. 

The governor said the research being carried out in universities needed to be aligned with needs of the country, adding that the same should be encouraged to bring about change in the lives of ordinary people. He said that significant improvement could be noticed in agriculture, social and other social sectors.   

Dr Mukhtar Ahmed also spoke on the occasion.  Meanwhile, a delegation of federal HEC comprising Dr Mukhtar Ahmed and HEC Media and Communication Director Ms Ayesha Ikram, Media Deputy Director Waseem Shahzad along with a team of journalists visited different universities of the provincial metropolis.