Over 1.4 Mln Students Studying Higher Education

Around 1.4 million students across the country were being offered higher education in 188 universities of the country, under Higher Education Commission (HEC)

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Sep, 2017 ) : Around 1.4 million students across the country were being offered higher education in 188 universities of the country, under Higher Education Commission (HEC).

According to sources here Friday that the number of students further escalates to over three million if the students studying in affiliated colleges and universities is also taken into the account.

The percentage of female students has also increased to about 48 percent, sources told APP. In past there were around 2,76,000 students enrolled out of which 32 per cent were females.

However, the number of students have been increased with the passage of time.

Sources also revealed that HEC has stopped 110 PhD programs in various public and private universities due to quality issues and HEC will not compromise on academic corruption despite all the pressures the national institution had to face from influential quarters.

The overall situation had improved in past few years with a record 12,000 publications coming out in the year 2016. However, the total number of research publications coming out of the universities was merely around 850 in past.