This science and information technology IT university at Parachinar will allow students to receive top-notch higher education right in their own backyards.
The government will establish a public sector science and information technology IT university at Parachinar in the Kurram tribal district, according to the federal minister for overseas Pakistanis and human resource development, who made the announcement on Friday.
This science and information technology IT university at Parachinar will allow students to receive top-notch higher education right in their own backyards. These opinions were shared by Minister during a meeting at the civil secretariat with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s interim minister for higher education, Justice (Retd) Irshad Qaiser.
A lot of students in the Kurram district would be able to save time and money by attending the university, according to him, so its establishment was urgently needed.
The minister claimed that land was available for the university’s construction, which would take some time, so it should be established in Parachinar using existing structures. He claimed that the government was supporting technical education and had plans to send about one million educated Pakistanis abroad to find work.
In November of last year, the Minister met with Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), to discuss this.
In order to ensure that students in the region could pursue higher education without difficulty and without being denied their fundamental right to higher education, it was decided at the meeting that one university would be established in each district of ex-FATA (commonly known as the newly merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
The minister later added that the advancement and prosperity of the area were dependent on high-quality education. Youth with more education would have more opportunities in this competitive age. He declared, “Education is a form of investment because it generates an income stream just like any other investment would.”
The minister emphasised at that time that very soon universities would open in other ex-FATA districts, which will undoubtedly play a crucial role in the better future of the local youth. According to him, it is crucial to create an educated generation for Pakistan’s future that education be widely disseminated in the area.