[Reader-list] PEP's Plan for Quality Higher Education in Pakistan

[Zulfikar]

Dear Friends,

 

PEP Foundation has developed a plan for quality higher education in Pakistan. Kindly refer the bellow pasted text. This posting is in the context of sharing information as well as seeking support. 

 

Best Regards,

 

Z. Shah

Karachi

Pakistan

zshah at pepfoundation.org

www.pepfoundation.org 

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The Foundation:

Promotion of Education in Pakistan [PEP] Foundation is a non-profit, educational and charitable organization, which was founded by two world-renowned Alzheimer’s disease researchers, Dr. Khalid Iqbal and his wife, Dr. Inge Grundke Iqbal, in December 1994.  Since 1995 these two founders have been donating to this cause all their book royalties, lecture fees, honoraria, consultant fees and prize monies to the tune of Rs. 3 million per year.

We Stand for:

The mission of the PEP Foundation is to make quality higher education accessible to all young men and women in Pakistan, irrespective of their economic status.  

Achievements:

 

The National University of Pakistan [NUP]

PEP Foundation is now in the process of building the first private non-profit residential university in Pakistan. This university, named as the National University of Pakistan (NUP), will have a total student enrollment of 20,000, and will include 16 schools/faculties, covering practically all academic disciplines from liberal arts to science, engineering and a medical school. 

NUP will be built in five phases during 2005-2015. In Phase I an Institute of Excellence in Neuroscience and an Institute of Excellence in Business (Biotechnology) at the University of Karachi campus will be built. These Institutes will be part of International Center of Chemical Sciences of the University of Karachi as well as part of the NIEHE/NUP. The NIEHE will start its academic program in 2005 using the facilities of Dr. Panjwani Center of Molecular Medicine and Drug Research until its own building is completed.  

 

In Phase II Institutes of Excellence in Biomedical Sciences, Natural and Applied Sciences, Journalism, Visual and Performing Arts, Pharmacy, Environmental Science, and Computer Science & Bioinformatics. These Institutes will be built at appropriate public University campuses subject to negotiation with these Universities. During Phase III-V, Institutes of Excellence in Liberal Arts, Law, Architecture, Medicine, Dentistry, Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine and Engineering and Technology will complete the NIEHE program.

 

 ‘University without Walls’ Fellowship Program [UWFP]

 

Since its creation, the PEP Foundation has been operating a "University without Walls" fellowship program. PEP Fellowships are granted to students in professional undergraduate and graduate degree programs at various universities in Pakistan. Awards are based on a student's need and academic merit.  Through this program PEP Foundation has financed the education of over 300 students, males and females in almost equal numbers, towards M.D., Ph.D. and other degrees.  Over two thirds of these PEP Fellows have already graduated and many of them are gainfully employed.

 

The Volunteer Visiting Faculty Program [VVFP]  

 

This year, the PEP Foundation has also initiated a Volunteer Visiting Faculty Program. Through this initiative, professionals, teachers, scientists and businessmen, who visit Pakistan for their own personal or professional reasons, will donate their time and expertise and teach students in Pakistan by giving one or more lectures in their areas of specialization.  Over 200 faculties are expected to teach students during the first twelve months of this project and a steep annual growth of up to 50% per year is expected to follow over the next several years.

 

Advocacy, Awareness & Research Program [AARP] 

 

As part of its program, PEP Foundation has conducted research and hold advocacy sittings with various government and non government stakeholders in Pakistan.     

In 1999, we conducted a study ‘State of Education in Pakistan’, that helped us to better understand the status of higher education in Pakistan and to develop further our strategy to achieve our goals. 

We also plan a series of symposiums regarding the issues of higher education in the country. In that regard, an annual International Symposium on Higher Education issues will be organized stating next year October 5-6 2005 in USA, followed by the next one in Pakistan with the participation of experts from United States and Pakistan, non-profit organizations, corporations, and policy makers from both countries.

Tomorrow Belongs to Us

The PEP Foundation is marching ahead to accomplish its mission. It needs support and services from all civil society organizations and individuals who share our vision of making difference through developing the state of education in the country.


		
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