HEC ORDER ALL UNIVERSITIES TO BEGIN ONLINE CLASSES
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan, the government has recently announced that all schools, colleges, and universities shall remain closed till May 31, 2020. In this regard, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has ordered all educational institutes to start online classes. According to an official notification, the Higher Education Commission has asked all universities which have delivered lectures through learning management systems (LMS) to initiate online classes in a better way. This way, education will not be compromised.
Further added, HEC has clarified that those universities who are facing technical and spatial limitations can remain closed for academic activities till May 31, 2020. Because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the universities shall make complete arrangements and conduct online lectures. The professors must prepare a lecture and shall be able to deliver a lecture in a significant way through LMS.
HEC Chairman Dr. Tariq Banuri said:
We don’t know how long the restrictions will stay in place. The experience of other countries is quite varied. If the limits get lifted on June 1, the teaching will take place face to a profile. In the meantime, it will only be online.
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HEC makes sure that the students will get a quality education during the closure. In a couple of weeks, the Higher education commission will also set up a National Knowledge Bank (NKB. HEC aims to provide a wide variety of academic access to students as well as teachers.
The commission has advised to National Academy for Higher Education (NAHE) to recommend online videos in order to increase the skills of the teachers imparting online education.
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