𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐄𝐂’𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
The World Bank (WB) funded Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project, being executed by the Higher Education Commission, held its 10th WB supervision mission for the project in Islamabad. HEDP is a 400 million USD flagship project of HEC aimed to support research excellence in strategic sectors of the economy, improve teaching and learning, and strengthen governance in higher education. Spread over a week, detailed meetings were held on each of the six components of HEDP project to review progress, including safeguards and fiduciary aspects.
The WB team, led by Ms. Inga Afanasieva, a Senior Economist at the World Bank, held an introductory meeting with the Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed. He assured the team that HEC is committed to successful execution of the project. The ...