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PROPHE Summary Pakistani private universities have requested an extension
of the 2007deadline set by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on charter
withdrawals for private universities deemed unqualified. The HEC has announced
a list of private universities failing to meet the HEC criteria and thus
slated to lose their licenses. Some of the institutions have been identified
seriously deficient. Additionally, some institutions have been declared
illegal and government has warned parents against enrolling their offspring
there. A provincial public division, the Higher Education Regulatory Authority
(HERA), founded in 2002 to oversee and control private institutions has
considered only four out of eleven private universities for charters and
has granted none.
For the full story, see The Dawn Group of Newspapers, December
2004. "PESHAWAR: Private varsities seek more time to meet HEC criteria,"
by Sadia Qasim Shah. PROPHE Observation The Pakistani crackdown epitomizes a pattern found globally. First,
private universities proliferate with little or no oversight. Second,
discontent over the low quality or deceptive nature of new institutions
leads to government regulations. Classic arguments for private freedom,
initiative, and markets (and access that is privately funded) conflict
with classic rebuttals about government responsibility, regulation, and
standards. This Pakistani crackdown seems to be among the harsher reactive
measures.
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