Karachi, The Higher Education Commission (HEC) would launch a
standardized English language course for M.Phil and PhD students at the national
level. he decision was taken at a meeting of the Sub-Committee on English held
under the auspices of HEC’s Committee on Development of Social Sciences
and Humanities.
The meeting reviewed the content, curriculum, pre-testing, pedagogical tools and
assessment standards for the proposed English Language course. It was decided
that a comprehensive course with three main components including speaking, reading
and writing skills would be designed in order to improve the language proficiency
of M.Phil and PhD students.
The meeting also finalised recommendations for faculty and institutional development,
training, and promotion of research culture in the discipline of English. The
task had been assigned to the Sub Committee by Dr. Ishrat Husain who is Chairman
of the Committee on Development of Social Sciences and Humanities.
The Sub-Committee also raised the issue of absolute paucity of HEC recognized
journals in the field of English. The members stressed the importance of improving
the standard of existing journals and starting new ones which fulfill the HEC
criteria.
The meeting also appreciated the efforts of HEC for initiating a number of practical
steps in order to strengthen Social Sciences and Humanities in the universities
of Pakistan. The participants believed that these steps would be quite helpful
for socio-economic development of the country.
The meeting was chaired by Dr. Nasir Jamal Khattak, Associate Professor, Department
of English, and University of Peshawar. Those who attended the meeting included
Dr. Samina Amin Qadir, Dean, Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, Fatima Jinnah Women
University Rawalpindi, Dr. Naseem Achakzai, Director, English Language Centre,
University of Balochistan Quetta, Dr. Shirin Zubair, Chairperson, Department of
English, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Dr. Shahbaz Arif, Chairman, Department
of English, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Mohammad Omar Idrees,
Project Director HEC and Syed Musa Hassan Programme Development Officer HEC.
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