*The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has requested students not totake admissions in unauthorised two-year BA/BSc or MA/MSc programmes. *
One or two universities have announced admissions for these programmes.While this will earn money for the varsity, it will not be in the interestof students, the Commission said in a statement on Twitter.
“These discarded degrees will not enable students to apply for jobs orfurther education.”
Last year, the HEC abolished two-year Bachelors’ degree programmes atuniversities across the countrylink.This means students will no longer be able to pursue two-year BCom or BScdegrees.
The notificationlinkby HEC read, “[The two-year bachelors] degrees shall not be recognised bythe HEC for students enrolled in these programmes after December 31, 2018.”
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It said that the programmes should be replaced with a single, composite BSdegree. It was also decided that the last BA/BSc exam will be taken byDecember 31, 2020 and admissions for the last batch of MS/MSc will be takenbefore the date as well.
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