M. M. ALAM
KARACHI: Venue was the Grand Marquee of Pearl Continental Hotel where Governor of Sindh Muhammad Zubair inaugurated the 5th Dean and Directors’ Conference focusing on ‘Business Education: Creating Impact with CPEC’ organized by HEC’s National Business Education Accreditation Council.
Speaking on the occasion Governor lauded the role played by HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed towards propagation of Higher Education and stated that he was committed to the cause of HEC in Pakistan.
Governor further said: ” Few things are very important: One is the role of Higher Education Commission (HEC) in spreading the Higher Education in Pakistan.
“And as I have mentioned earlier (HEC Chairman) Dr. (Mukhtar Ahmed) Sahab has done a tremendous job. I can proudly say that Higher Education Commission is one institution that has done splendid work in Pakistan in the last 10-12 years.
“And organizing a conference focusing on CPEC depicts the future of Pakistan, (in which) the role of business schools is very important. As the CPEC is developing education of business schools (is becoming imperative) apropos (CPEC’s) requirements regarding education (&) building-up the mindset. So when graduates enter the industry they don’t reckon it a rocket science.
“The presence of Deans, Directors and other people of academia from America, Europe, China and UAE is a good sign”.
Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed while pointing out that leadership in education was a vital resource, particularly in priority spheres, asserted that other mainstream stakeholders be taken into confidence in order to make practical policies to chart Pakistan’s socio-economic future.Chairman National Business Education Accreditation Council Dr. Hasan Sohaib Murad while welcoming the delegates held that an equilibrium was needed to modify business education in Pakistan according to the local requirements.Terming HEC an extremely important organization keynote speaker Stephen J. Sacca held it was doing an incredibly important work to raise the standard of management education around the country.
Commenting on his keynote speech Stephen said he had an opportunity to convey to the delegates the importance of significant changes that are going to take place in the management education field worldwide particularly the digitalization and globalization.
Delegate from Shanghai University of International Business & Economics Professor Dr. Guo Xuetang commented on the significance of HEC. Shanghai Feiyun Culture’s representative Li Qinghua, while lauding the efforts of HEC, lamented the lack of Chinese-speaking staff here. NBEAC program Director Ahtesham Ali Raja told that out of 180 business schools in Pakistan 145 were participating in the 5th Deans and Directors Conference.
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