HEC Chairman Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Advocates Use of Technology in Education
The world is focusing its attention on digital transformation, innovation, and the use of technology in the education sector.
“In view of contemporary requirements, we [HEC] are helping our universities adopt smart classrooms, blended education and hybrid learning systems.
The HEC chairman said for achieving success in the future, it was necessary to move with the pace of contemporary changes in technology. “Instead of buildings and models, it is the era of smart university ideology. Smart university education has benefited the global education system ” he said. Dr Ahmed said the universities should use cloud computing under the guidance of the HEC. He said technology had to be utilized keeping in mind the changes that would take place in the next decades.
The HEC chairman said work was going on to utilize a blended learning and hybrid system so that in the future, Pakistan didn’t lag behind in the world.Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed has played a key role during the last two decades to formulate and implement reforms in the higher education, be it increase in the access to university education, strengthening quality assurance systems, convincing federal and provincial governments to raise funding for higher education, development of universities’ infrastructure, promoting national and international collaborations of faculty, researchers and universities, steps to stop and discourage illegal practices in the higher education sector, and a number of other initiatives.
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed has also served as Deputy Director General, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) based in Rabat, Morocco, where he was responsible for Directorates of Education, Science, Culture and Communication, ICPSR, CPID (Planning and Strategic Division) and ISESCO Regional Centers.
He has previously served as Chairman HEC from 2014 to 2018, Executive Director HEC from 2013 to 2014 and as Member (Operations and Planning) HEC from 2005 to 2011, said a news release issued here. With a Bachelors and Masters of Science from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad and Masters in Business Administration and PhD from University of California, Riverside, USA, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed has over three decades of educational development and management experience at national and international level that includes teaching, research, administration, policy development, linking educational research to industry / commercialization, introducing entrepreneurial approaches to education and a diverse range of educational development programs. His distinguished career is enriched with diverse academic, research and administrative experience both in public and private sectors of higher education in Pakistan and abroad.
