HEC Warns Students Against Unauthorized 2-year Bachelor’s & Master’s Programmes
HEC announced, The HEC further said that the decision has been taken in 2004 to phase out the BA/BSc and MA/MSc programmes by replacing them with a single four-year BS degree. Furthermore, the universities were allowed to continue both systems in a transition period. However, the transition period was completed in 2016. HEC announced a final decision which was to stop BA/BSc and MA/MSc programmes on December 31, 2020.
Please do not take admission in unauthorised “2-Year BA/BSc & MA/MSc programmes” pic.twitter.com/7mkE39L491 — HEC Pakistan (@hecpkofficial) January 17, 2021 Furthermore, HEC also announced the Associate Degree (AD) as an alternative to the BA/BSc degree in 2011. AD is equivalent to 14 years of schooling and entitles graduates to get admission in the 5th semester of the respective BS programmes after fulfilling the admitting university’s requirements. The HEC added that because of the coronavirus lockdown, some flexibility was granted. In case of admission in illegal and phased-out programmes, the students will end up bearing all risks and costs or any associated loss incurred.
