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Projects and Activities Managed by Human Resource Development (HRD) Division of HEC

Presentation by:

Shaikh Muhammad Ali Project Director (HRD)

HRD & Scholarship Vision

offer merit based scholarships to Pakistani & AJK nationals on equal opportunity with no preferences or gender biases
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To

Strategy for HRD


Long Term: Scholarships
HRD programs managed by HEC Faculty Development program administered by Universities
Foreign Scholarships Indigenous Scholarships

Short Term
Faculty hiring from abroad Re-employment of eminent Professors & Researchers.

Placement of PhD scholars


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Portfolio of HRD Division

Management of PSDP funded scholarships (35 Programs) 24 Overseas Projects 11 Indigenous Projects Faculty Hiring Programs FFHP, SFHP, VSP Placement of Scholars through: Interim Placement Fresh PhDs Providing scholarship services for Govt. / Autonomous organizations Scholarship Management under Public / Pvt. Partnership Samaa TV/ Cambridge Program Nominating Agency for Foreign sponsored programs Approved PhD Supervisor program Providing guiding services to ALL public sector universities in managing their FDP programs
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Scholarship Programs

Need Based Scholarships (Undergraduate + Graduate), 5

Doctoral Support Program, 2

Split PhD Program, 2 Post Doctorate, 2

Undergraduate, 3

Masters, 4
Doctoral (Indigenous), 5

Doctoral (Overseas), 12

From Principles and Policies to Actual Implementation:

Equal Opportunity is Ensured Through:


Open advertisement in English, Urdu and local newspapers Detailed information and complete application guide on the web Promotional seminars

Transparency is Ensured Through:


Selection process as placed on the web Uploading of all interim and final results on the web HEC has no final say in the selection process

Merit is Ensured Through:


Involvement of Foreign faculty in the selection process Foreign faculty based selection ensures zero tolerance for nepotism and favoritism Rigorous GRE-based Test and Foreign faculty Interview Process

The Outcome: So far almost negligible failure rate of HEC scholars is an indirect proof of 100% merit based selection process.
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Discipline wise scholarships awarded


S. No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Discipline
AGRICULTURE & VETERINARY SCIENCES ARTS & HUMANITIES BIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES BUSINESS EDUCATION ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PHYSICAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES Grand Total

Total Award
1,642 455 3,769 718 2,433 3,786 1,753 14,556

Discipline wise PhD Output


Discipline
Agriculture & Sciences Arts & Humanities Veterinary 1947 - 2002 [55 years] Number 348 2003 - 2011 [ 9 Years ] Number 679

666
586 14 21 50 709 887 3,281

529
1,096 123 262 8 1,071 1,085 4,850

Biological & Medical Sciences Business Education Engineering & Technology Honorary Physical Sciences Social Sciences Grand Total

Details of Cost Per Scholar Per Annum in HEC Schemes


Cost (in million (Rs per annum)

S. No.

Type of Scheme

Split PhD Program

Rs. 0.800

Indigenous Program

Rs. 0.256

Overseas Program in Europe

Rs. 2.140

Fulbright Program in USA

Rs. 4.575
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Project wise data of HRD Overseas Scholarship Schemes


S. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Name of the Project 1000 Cuban Scholarships for Medical Sciences Fulbright Scholarships HEC - BC Short Term Ph D Research Attach HRD Program Strength University HRDI UESTP Overseas Scholarships International Research Support Initiative Program Merit Scholarship (Ombudsmans Decision) MS / MPhil Weaker University MS Program Korea Scholarships awarded 960 233 4 23 406 1874 3 98 201 42 1 Studying 907 201 3 4 266 403 16 5 32 Completed / Returned

1,151
3 48 198 3 475 463 118 47 40 36 33 15 50 31

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Overseas PTCL
Overseas Scholarship - Phase I Overseas Scholarship Phase 2 Partial Support for PhD program PhD Basic Sciences China PhD Basic Sciences Austria PhD Engineering China (40) PhD Engineering Sciences Germany PhD Economics & Finance PhD Engineering Technology Austria PhD Natural Basic France Post Doc Fellowship Program- RUSI Post Doc - Phase 2 Split PhD Program Strengthening Faculty Public University

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710 1,649 141 48 43 38 37 44 54 33 3 718 91 25

7
165 877 14 3 4 27 3 1 82 17 3

3
475 60 22

Grand Total

7,446

3,030

3,324

Project wise data of HRD Overseas Scholarship Schemes

Overseas Scholarships

3,324

7,446 3,030

Scholarships awarded Studying Completed / Returned

Performance of Overseas Scholars


Slow Progress 9% Good/Satisfactory Progress 27%

Very Good Progress 64%

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Project wise data of HRD Indigenous Scholarship Schemes


S. No Name of the Project
1 Development of S&T Indigenous 300 Development / Strengthening of Selected Dept. of Social Sciences

Scholarships awarded
231

Studying
14

Completed
183

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3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11

Establishment of Social Sciences Research Council


Baluchistan & FATA Scholarships Japanese Need Based scholarships Merit Needy Students Merit PhD S&T scholarships 200 PhD Indigenous 5,000 Fellowship Scholarship for PhD SS&H for Teachers US Need based scholarships

10 2,099 1,542 335 169 5,542 103 1,809

1 1,906 622 70 692

14 3,780 47 481

133 767 32 1,106

Grand Total

11,853

6,874

2,985

Project wise data of Indigenous Scholarship Schemes

2,985

6,874

11,853

Scholarships awarded Studying Completed

On-Going Overseas Scholarship Schemes


Overseas Scholarships for MS/MPhil leading to PhD in selected fields Phase 2. Overseas Scholarships (10%Category) 50 scholarships are awarded every year for PhD program in discipline-wise world top ranked 50 universities. HRDI-UESTP Scholarship Scheme 300 MS-Leading to PhD scholarships are awarded each year for next four year in Engineering Disciplines for Engineering Universities.

On-Going HRD schemes


International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is offering this six month research fellowship abroad to full time PhD students enrolled in Pakistan to enhance their research capabilities. Partial Support for PhD Studies Abroad

HEC has launched this scheme to provide partial financial support to teachers/researchers of public sector universities as well as other Pakistani students who are in the final stages of their (respective) PhD studies abroad. The scholarship is available to only those PhD students who are enrolled in a university/institute ranked among top 500 universities/institutes

On-Going Local Scholarship Schemes


Indigenous Ph.D. Fellowship Program (5000 Fellowships) The specific objective of the 5000 Indigenous Scholarship Scheme is to create a critical mass of highly qualified human resources in all fields of studies taught at the advanced level in local universities. These locally qualified academics and researchers will improve the R&D potential of public as well as private universities and it will also strengthen the local industrial sector.

On-Going Local Scholarship Schemes


Higher Education Opportunities for Students of Balochistan and FATA Scholarship program is meant to provide financial assistance to 1,300 undergraduate and 700 postgraduate talented students of Balochistan and FATA on merit basis over a period of seven years. The scholarship for 4 years Undergraduate and 2 years Postgraduate Program.

On-Going Local Scholarship Schemes


Financial Support for Meritorious Needy Students Financial Support for Meritorious Needs based Scholarship Program is focused on providing opportunities of access to Higher Education to the students belonging to unprivileged and deprived income groups who despite possessing academic merit, are unable to peruse their education due to financial constraints

Provision of Higher Education Opportunities for the Students of Balochistan and FATA
Scholarships awarded Domicile wise (Balochistan & FATA)
Sr. No a. b. c. Intake Batch I (Year 2008-09) Batch II (Year 2009-10) Batch III (Year 2010-11) Batch IV (Year 2011-12) Balochistan 84 186 438 256 236 FATA 56 124 285 185 150 Total

140 310 723 441 386

d.

Total

1,200

800

2,000
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Successful Completion
70 Scholars from FATA & Balochistan have successfully completed their undergraduate and postgraduate degree under this program from reputed institutions like Quaide-Azam University, COMSATS, GC University, NUST, IMS Peshawar, Agriculture University Faisalabad, UET Lahore etc. Out of 70 students, 5 students won gold medals in their relatives programs.

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Prime Ministers Tuition Fee payment Scheme for Masters and PhD for Students of Balochistan, Gilgit / Baltistan and FATA The Cabinet in its meeting held on 1st June, 2012 approved the Tuition Fee Payment Scheme for the students of Balochistan, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan during Financial Year 201213. The Federal Government will pay the tuition fee (including other academic, incidental, or mandatory fees charged by educational institutions as one-off or on a semester basis) of Masters and PhD students through HEC.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program

The program is meant for: Faculty members of Public Sector Universities/DAIs Faculty members of Private Sector Universities/DAIs Employees of Public Sector R&D Organizations Duration of the fellowship is 9-12 months. 700 fellowships

Discipline wise distribution of Post Doctorate scholarships


Discipline
Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences Biological & Medical Sciences Physical Sciences Engineering & Technology Social Sciences

Public Sector University


128 97 100 17 100

Private Sector University


0 12 7 2 3

R&D Organization
29 22 23 13 1

Total 157 131 130 32 104

Business Education
Arts & Humanities

12
10

2
0

0
0

14
10

Total

464

26

88

578

Foreign Funded Scholarships


In addition, HEC-HRD Division has been advertising following foreign funded scholarships for young Pakistani scholars each year:

Commonwealth Scholarships for PhD, Split PhD and Post-Doctoral Studies Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Scholarships for PhD Studies in Selected Fields (Currently Active) Brunei Darussalam Scholarships for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Studies Lee Kuan Yew, National University of Singapore Fellowships for Master in Public Management (MPM) Lee Kuan Yew, National University of Singapore Fellowships for MPM and MPA. International University of Health and Welfare Scholarships, Japan 2012 JIIA Fellowship Program, Japan Sri Lankan Government Scholarships for Undergraduate & Postgraduate Programs Turkish Government Scholarships for Pakistani Students Italian Government Scholarships Malaysian Government Scholarships Video Contest South Korea "I LOVE KOREA" Asia Foreign Study Scholarship Program, China

Foreign Funded Scholarships

Education Scholarships to Pakistani Students in the Academic Year 2012-2013 ITU Telecom Worlds Young Innovators Competition Austrian Development Agency Scholarships in Tourism and Hospitality Management IBSEN Award for Project in Arts and Drama Xian Jiatong University, China Scholarships for Master Programs UNESCO/Poland Fellowship Programme 2012 University of Cyprus Scholarships for Postgraduate Programs Beijing University of Technology, China Scholarships UNESCO/China Great Wall Co-sponsored Fellowship 20122013 SDPI-IDRC Scholarships for Master/PhD Programmes in South Asia

Foreign Faculty Hiring Program


Foreign Faculty Hiring Program was launched by the HEC in November 2003 to recruit highly qualified faculty from abroad for rendering services in graduate research programs in public sector universities/institutions in Pakistan. The program aimed to fill the vast gap of qualified research academics and PhD supervisors in the higher education sector in Pakistan. Supervise world-class graduate level research and deliver cuttingedge graduate level courses in their academic disciplines. In the long-term, the goal is to uplift the graduate programs in Pakistani universities and bring them up to international standards. As of 9th year of FFHP, a number of 594 foreign professors have been hired where 316 foreign professors have joined under the program; 93 foreign professors are currently serving under the program in various institutions/universities all over Pakistan while 223 foreign professors returned to their parent organizations after completing their tenure under FFHP.

Two of the major quantifiable tasks assigned to the foreign professors are number of students supervised and number of research papers published. The following tables give the total for the year 2011-2012 as well as the cumulative total since the inception of the program for the said components.
Research Papers Published By Foreign Professors 20112012 Total Papers Presented in 100 Conferences/Seminars 1300

Research Papers published in International Journals

310

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Currently the FFHP is in closure stage and target of the projects will be achieved by June 30, 2013.

Short Term Foreign Faculty Hiring Program


Main objective of SFHP is to hire at least highly qualified experienced Faculty/researchers/ professionals from overseas to provide quality education at the level of Bachelors, Masters and PhD with minimum input of financial resources. Provide guidance to post gradate students for their MS and PhD research work in Pakistan and create nexus between their host institutions and allow the indigenous scholars to visit their labs overseas to work under their supervision. Under this Project 174 foreign professors have applied, out of which 126 foreign professors have been selected, where 118 foreign professors have joined in various HEIs. Currently 10 foreign professors are serving in various institutions/universities all over Pakistan while 108 foreign professors returned to their parent organizations after completing their tenure for a period of 3 4 months.

Visiting Scholar Program


This program intends to provide an opportunity for sharing of expertise and knowledge by learned expatriates or foreign scholars from a reputed universities/ research organization from overseas. The experts are invited for two to four weeks and placed at Pakistani HEIs. These experts are engaged in the following activities: Conducting workshops, seminars and other thematic informal teaching. Supervising and advising on a specific research techniques to advanced PhD students, and /or faculty. To assist in establishing laboratories in new and emerging disciplines.

Faculty Development Program


Faculty Development Program (FDP) was initiated in year 2005 to strengthen the faculties of public sector universities so that the universities/ DAI are equipped with the faculties holding PhD degrees from the institutions of world repute in technologically advanced countries. 109 projects were approved under PSDP for 41 Universities, altogether about 2,200 scholarships were approved under HRD component. 1,600 Faculty members had proceeded for PhD studies and remaining Faculty members will be selected by each HEI through eligibility criteria. Universities/ DAIs are running FDP program under the umbrella of HEC. The role of HEC is to monitor and coordinate with the universities in terms of selection of scholars and provide support for enrollment in overseas

The Interim Placement of Fresh PhD Program (IPFP) is designed to provide a Tenure Track System based Assistant Professor Position for a maximum of one year period to fresh PhDs from reputed foreign universities to pursue a teaching profession in Pakistani public sector universities / Degree Awarding Institutes. This program, on a preferential basis, will seek placements for these HEC scholars who upon return to Pakistan after obtaining the doctorate degree will be requiring an immediate employment. The program will primarily provide specialized faculty in the country which would reduce the need of expert faculty to a certain extent at least on a short time frame basis. In the long term, the project would result in positive impact on the national economy in general and industry in particular. The program will also attract fresh PhD graduates to Pakistan on a respectable salary and a place to anchor themselves without any waiting period in getting a suitable employment. The qualified applicants selected on merit through this program will only be placed in those universities who have opted for tenure track system and have a position available and are ready to complete the selection as per their procedure within the next six months but not exceeding twelve (12) months.

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Placement Facilitation of HEC Scholars

Total number of PhD scholars placed under IPFP


No. of Universiti Scholars es on Placed in Board Universities

Sr. Province Wise Placements # Under IPFP 1 AJK/Northern Areas


2 Baluchistan 3 Federal 4 KPK 5 Punjab

4
3 14 17 31

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6 240 203 535

6 Sindh
Total

18
87

88
1,100
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It is important to mention here that the Program has also attracted non HEC scholars who have benefited from the IPFP Program

Foreign HEC (357) HEC Scholars (688)

Total No. of Scholars Placed Under IPFP (1,100)

Indigenous HEC (331)

Non-HEC Scholars (412)

Foreign NonHEC (173)

Indigenous NonHEC (239)

12/24/2012

Province wise placements under IPFP


535

240

203 88

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12/24/2012

Project wise releases and expenses for the FY 2012-13 contd.


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Project Title
1000 Cuban Scholarships for Studies in General Comprehensive Medicine (Equivalent to MBBS) - HEC Development / Strengthening of Selected Departments of Social Science & Humanities in General Universities of Pakistan. Development of S&T Manpower through Indigenous Ph.D. (300) Scholars.

Releases 65,071,468 1,220,606 5,580,576 61,449,634 3,622,993 86,965,304 1,752,251 1,254,619

Expenditure 61,859,486 324,001 1,087,798 1,120,594 665,499 85,353,820 645,929 1,254,619

3 Development of High level S & T Manpower through Split program 4 5

Financial Support for Maritorious Needy Students for Study in Top Public Private Institutions at Graduate Level

6 Foreign Faculty Hiring Program 7 Fulbright Scholarship Support Program (HEC) 8 Hiring of Eminent Educationist & Research having PhD Degree (Revised)

Human Resource Development Initiative - HRDI MS and MS 9 Leading to Ph.D Programme of Faculty Development for UESTPs Phase-I 10 Japanese Need Base Merit Scholarships 11 Merit Scholarship for Ph.D students in Science & Technology 12 MS level Training Program in South Korean University Industry 13 MS M.Phil Leading to Ph.D Scholarships in Engg, Natural and Basic Sciences HumanitiesSocial Sciences for the Teachers of Weaker

119,741,182 20,941,736 21,624,729 4,486,037 29,926,924

119,741,182 19,166,395 314,839 142,334 15,145,823

Project wise Releases and Expenses FY 2012-13


14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Overseas scholarship scheme / MPhil leading to PhD in Selected Fields Phase 2, HEC Overseas Scholarship Scheme for MSM. Phil PhD Partial Support for Ph.D Studies abroad (Phase 3) HEC Partial Support of Ph.D. Studies Abroad Ph.D Scholarship for Natural Basic Sciences, France (HEC) Ph.D Scholarship in Economics and Finance Abroad (HEC) Ph.D Scholarship in Natural & Basic Sciences, Austria (HEC) Ph.D Scholarships for Engineering Sciences in Germany Ph.D. Fellowship for 5,000 Scholars Revised ECNEC PhD Scholarship for Study of Science, Engineering & Technology in 23 Austria Placement of PhD Scholars Returning from Abroad (HEC) 24 Programme. 25 Post Doctoral Fellowship programme (Phase 2) 26 27 28 29 Provision of Higher Education Facilities for Students of Balochistan & FATA - (President's Directive) Scholarship for Ph.D Studies in Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities for University Teachers. Short-Term Foriegn Faculty Hiring Program (SFHP) Phase 3 US Need based Merit Scholarships for Pakistani University Students 689,111,810 33,268,343 1,742,411 4,200,833 8,177,578 18,804,858 13,560,682 3,625,641 233,070,788 6,721,713 2,724,851 109,247,257 88,602,943 3,589,692 4,691,263 45,603,921 5,000,000 603,547,032 25,866,354 1,742,410 0 139,114 5,262,385 0 47,600 228,290,834 0 0 98,498,264 75,920,551 1,360,806 3,938,013 38,024,902 190240

30 Indigenous PhD Fellowships for 5000 Scholars, HEC (Phase-II)

Total

1,695,382,643 1,389,650,824

INTRODUCTION of NSMC

As per the decision of the ECNEC, Government of Pakistan, a National Scholarship Management Committee (NSMC) was constituted in July 2003. The Committee accorded policy decisions for the HRD Scholarship Projects (Indigenous / Overseas) being executed at Higher Education Commission (HEC). The NSMC has also constituted a sub-committee in its 13th meeting held on March 5, 2009 to thrash out various cases referred by NSMC. Till to-date, 22nd meetings of NSMC and 7th meetings of its SubCommittee have been conducted at HEC Islamabad.

The composition of the NSMC is as follows

The Executive Director, HEC as Chairman, NSMC The Member (HRD & SP), HEC The representative of Planning & Development Division, Planning Commission, Govt. of Pakistan. The representative of Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Pakistan. The representative of the Ministry of Education, Govt. of Pakistan. The representative of the PAEC. Four representatives / academicians one from each province nominated by the Provincial Government Two eminent industrialists nominated by HEC Nominee of the Chief Economist The Adviser (HRD), HEC

The Terms of Reference (TORs) of the Committee (NSMC)

To suggest and finalize selection criteria within the provisions and scope of PC-1. To choose fields of studies most appropriate to national needs. To decide about good and reputed universities locally and abroad. To approve scholars / selectees on merit for scholarship awards under the scheme.

Conclusion

Transparent, merit and quota based process of selection High number of qualified applicants Excellent progress of scholars local & abroad Faculty is critical to future development of education in Pakistan Faculty is the key to future Economic Success HEC is rigorously placing returning scholars in public sector universities
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