NTC starts registering engineers, technologists

HEC formed council to monitor technologies degree programmes

ISLAMABAD: The National Technology Council (NTC) a newly established accreditation council has started registration of graduate and professional engineering technologists.

After 2021, only the graduates passing through NTC-accredited programmes will be eligible for registration with the council.

NTC was established by Higher Education Commission (HEC) to monitor and accredit diversified technologies degree programmes at bachelors level, a press release said on Tuesday.

NTC has announced that it will maintain National Register of Technologists (NRT) and registration will be carried for Graduate Technologists holding four-year technology degree from HEC recognised higher education institutions and technology programmes consisting of 130-140 credit hours with 16 years of academic learning through FSc, Pre-Engineering or equivalent ICS and DAE.

The registration will only be open to programmes which come under the scope of NTC.

The registration against nominal fee will be opened to categories including 'Graduate Engineering Technologists' and 'Professional Engineering Technologist'.

The graduates holding BSc Engineering Technology, BTech (Hons), BTech, BS Technology, BE Technology, BSc Technology degrees will be registered on production of photocopy of HEC attested degree and transcript.

However, the cut-off date for their registration will be December 31, 2021, after which only the graduates passing through NTC-accredited programmes will be eligible for registration by NTC.

For registration as Professional Engineering Technologist, the candidate will require five years of experience in the relevant technology discipline.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 31^st, 2018.