PESHAWAR: The Higher Education Department (HED) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has barred the public sector universities of the province from granting fresh or new affiliation to any new institution, college or programme till finalization of fresh policy by Higher Education Commission (HEC).
According to a letter issued to the public sector universities, the HED explained that the main reason behind was violation of HEC policy for affiliation by the universities and granting affiliation to colleges without having proper qualified teaching faculty, meeting necessary academic and physical requirements.
It said that some universities of KP were violating jurisdiction policy whereas some colleges were running BS programmes which were affiliated with such universities where the BS programme was not offered at the main campus.
It advised that such programmes should be shifted to nearby universities by getting NOC, adding that