HEC decides to establish Pakistan Technology Council

Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to establish Pakistan Technology Council (PTC) with the purpose to promoting technological education in the country. Sources in HEC told Business Recorder here on Monday that the decision regarding the establishment of Pakistan Technology Council was taken in a meeting held here on Monday. Sources said that Pakistan needs to have more technological access and the country's universities need to develop their respective curriculum as per requirements of international standards to promote technical education. 

Our neighbouring countries like India, Sri Lanka and China are far ahead than Pakistan in technological education, which is based both on theory and practice, as technological education has always been neglected in Pakistan, despite the fact that the subject has now become the basic pillar of the Information Technology, they added. 

Sources added that HEC has also decided to have a meeting with heads of Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS) in Pakistan, a country's first ever inter university alliance formed by nine leading universities of Pakistan on September 15. Member institutions of Inter University Consortium included Islamia University Bahawalpur, Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Quaid-e Azam University (QAU), University of Gujrat, University of Balochistan Quetta, GC University Faisalabad, Institute of Management Sciences (IMS) Peshawar, and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Abbottabad. 

"IUCPSS had decided to send a request for the release of Rs 100 million from HEC for establishment of Pakistan Council of Social Sciences Research (PCSSR) in order to improve the research and development activities in social sciences across the country, but it has not put forward any demand formally in front of HEC", sources revealed. 

Sources said that during the upcoming meeting with IUCPSS, the final decision regarding the release of Rs 100 million for PCSSR would be taken. The status of the council will be autonomous and will work under the supervision of Board of Directors and Advisory Board, comprising renowned and experienced social scientists from academia, civil society and research and development organisations. 

IUCPSS has already presented some recommendations in front of the government that include: social science needs experimentations and proper observation, so laboratories to be established, the overall share of scholarships in social sciences should be increased by HEC and Joint research projects of social sciences among different universities should be initiated. 

OUR MISSION (PTC)

When the PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council) had announced that it would not consider the four-year B.Tech degree equivalent to the BSc engineering then PSBTE (Pakistan Society of B-Tech Engineers) decided the government should make a separate council for Engineering technologists (DAE, B-Tech, BS-Tech, M-Tech) and Technicians, named “Pakistan Technologists Council (PTC)".

Now the action Committe of PSBTE decided in his grand meating with all Engineering Technologists Associations of Pakistan and Students that the GOVT of Pakistan should take a serious action on the bill of establishment of "PAKISTAN TECHNOLOGISTS COUNCIL" whose already pending in "Ministery of Science and Technology" due to third-class objections of PEC (Pakistan Engineering Council).

PAKISTAN TECHNOLOGISTS COUNCIL (PTC)

Why we Demand the establishment of PTC (Pakistan Technologists Council):Because PTC is the only forum which will effectively project our true image, contribution in progress and prosperity of pakistan. This forum will eliminate all disparities like

1) Higher Education and Admision in Universities for MS Engineering

2) Equal Empolyement and job Oppertunities as enjoyed by BE Students.

3) Encourage original research in Technical education, conservation and economic utilization of the resources of the country.

4) Scale and Scope should be define in Gazte of Pakistan like different department policies

5) Funds Allocations, Curicula updates and Degree Equivalency

6) This forum will register all Technologist (DAE, B-Tech, BS-Tech, M.Tech Engg) and Technician.

7) This forum will also provide co-ordination between provencial, international and national level technical education authorties, like SDC, NTB, TEVTA, NEVTEC, IET and colleges of technologies

8) This forum will effectively encounter propaganda spread by PEC.

9) Help in the acquisition and exchange of technical knowledge.

10) Promotion of all professional interest and social welfare of its members.

11) To disseminate information and knowledge among technologist, technician and engineers through lectures, conferences, seminars and publication of journal and papers. 

Therefore we request to all Engineering Technologists (DAE, B-Tech, BS-Tech, M-Tech) Students that now be a part of PSBTE (PAKISTAN SOCIETY OF B-TECH ENGINEERS) and unite for the establishment of "Pakistan Technologists Council"