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Thursday, April 07, 2011
Centrist mindset blocking HEC devolution, says Raza Rabbani
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: 18th Constitutional Amendment Implementation Commission Chairman Raza Rabbani on Wednesday said that “centrist mindset” was blocking the devolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to provinces.
Talking to newsmen at the Parliament House, Rabbani lambasted the elements which were criticising the devolution of HEC, which he believed was against the 18th Constitutional Amendment.
Calling the 18th Amendment a landmark piece of legislation, Rabbani said that termed the opposition to carry out the devolution of HEC, under this constitutional amendment tantamount to provincial autonomy. He dispelled the impression that HEC devolution would affect foreign funding for the commission and held that foreign loans were continuously being released to the government.
He categorically said that continuing scholarships programmes of the HEC would not be affected if the commission is devolved. He made it clear that those students who were presently receiving HEC scholarships would continue to get the scholarships.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk