Universities must focus on enhancing the quality of education and research in addition to increasing enrolments and publications, President Arif Alvi said on Wednesday. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of the first-ever International Conference on Quality Assurance System, Standards and Policies: Issues and Challenges in Islamabad.
The 2nd international conference on quality assurance in higher education kicked-off on Wednesday at the University of Education, in collaboration with Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Khyber Medical University and Pakistan Network of Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
The government is working on devising a national level education policy to ensure that every child in the country has access to quality education, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood said on Monday.