Confirm Accreditation Before Admission, HEC Warns

News Desk
Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has warned students to confirm accreditation of professional degree programme before taking admission.
According to the official sources, professional degree programmes and qualifications cannot be offered or continued without accreditation by the corresponding professional councils.
Even so, some universities still offer admission to unaccredited and invalid programmes, causing a serious threat to the future of students and leading to a loss of time and monetary resources, they added.
Therefore, students and their parents are advised to confirm, before taking admission, if the sought-after degree programmes are accredited by the concerned Professional Councils.
For all non-professional programmes, make sure that the admitting university, sub-campus, or affiliated institution is recognised by the Higher Education Commission.

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For convenience, HEC asked the students to visit the HEC web link: hec.gov.pk/site/HEIs.
As per accreditation matters, the students seeking admission are advised to confirm that the degree programmes they choose are accredited by their respective councils.
The HEC shared the contact number of the Professional Councils, i.e., Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC): 051-9219500-9206974.
Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC): 051-9190000; Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC): 051-9108340.
Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC): 051-9255813; Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners (PCATP): 051-2706668; Pakistan Pharmacy Council (PCP): 051-9204191 Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) 051-9206805, National Council for Homoeopathic Health (NCH) 051-5409003, National Council for Tibb (NCT) 051-9204378, Allied Health Professional Council (AHPC) 051-9216775, National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC) 051-90802681, National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) 051-90800206-7, National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC) 051-90802771-2, National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (NACTE) 051-90808155-6, and
National Technology Council (NTC): 051-90802786.