*The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has requested students not to take 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 interest of students, the Commission said in a statement on Twitter.
“These discarded degrees will not enable students to apply for jobs or further education.”
Last year, the HEC abolished two-year Bachelors’ degree programmes at universities across the country link. This means students will no longer be able to pursue two-year BCom or BSc degrees.
The notification link by HEC read, “[The two-year bachelors] degrees shall not be recognised by the HEC for students enrolled in these programmes after December 31, 2018.”
It said that the programmes should be replaced with a single, composite BS degree. It was also decided that the last BA/BSc exam will be taken by December 31, 2020 and admissions for the last batch of MS/MSc will be taken before the date as well.
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