HEC alert

Islamabad : The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has advised the students to not waste their time and money by enrolling in unauthorised degree programmes, such as 2-year BA/BSc or MA/MSc programmes.

The official sources told APP that these programmes have been phased out because of quality concerns so the students must avoid getting admission in these banned programmes.

HEC in an Students/Parents alert said that one or two universities have announced admission to unauthorised BA/BSc and MA/MSc programmes.

While this will earn money for the university, it will not be in the interest of the students. These discarded degrees will not enable students to apply for jobs or further education, the sources added.

The decision to phase out the BA/BSc and MA/MSc programmes, and replace them with a single, composite, 4-year BS degree was taken in 2004.