HEC states not to recognize degrees of students admitted in Al-Khair University after April 30th, 2009

The highest committee of HEC, in its  18^th meeting held in March, 2009,  expressed grave reservations on the continued sub-standard operation of Al-Khair University.  To safeguard the interests of students and ensure the provision of quality education in Pakistan, the Commission directed that Al-Khair University must stop all new admissions into its academic programmes and that the Higher Education Commission would not recognize any degree issued to students admitted into Al Khair University after April 30, 2009.  Al-Khair University with a charter issued by Government of the AJ&K is not legally authorized to open any campus, grant affiliation or have franchises in any area of Pakistan unless it has the approval of the Provincial Government as well as the University having academic jurisdiction in that area.

 

The HEC has been forced to take the decision not to recognize the degrees of students of Al-Khair University admitted after April 30^th, 2009 in light of the fact that the Al-Khair University, chartered in 1994, has not established a proper main campus in AJ&K that fulfills the minimum requirements set in the Cabinet Criteria and guidelines for establishment of a new university.   The university is offering degree programmes in professional disciplines such as law, pharmacy, electrical engineering, homeopathy etc. and is not meeting the minimum criteria for accreditation required by the respective accreditation bodies.  Over the years the President AJ&K has also directed the university to meet the standards for the provision of quality education, build the requisite infrastructure and hire necessary faculty members.  These critical issues have not been addressed by the university leading to the decision of the Commission to not accept future enrollments into any academic programmes of Al-Khair University.

To ensure that the students currently enrolled in this university do not suffer, the Commission has constituted a Committee to attend the issues of current Al-Khair University students with respect to quality, professional accreditation and recognition.