The Magna Carta College at Oxford, UK and Extreme Commerce Pakistan on Thursday established the conutry's first higher education institute for entrepreneurship focusing on digital skills and e-commerce.
According to a press release issued by the institution, Extreme Commerce Magna Carta College was inaugurated today by Mike Nithavrianakis, British Deputy High Commissioner, Karachi and UK Trade Director Pakistan. The ceremony took place today at the ECMCC, Tariq Road, Karachi Campus.
British Deputy High Commissioner Karachi Mike Nithavrianakis and UK Trade Director Pakistan appreciated ECMCC’s mission of providing top-notch education and impeccable entrepreneurial skills that will enable the youth of today to become the leaders of the future.
Nithavrianakis also emphasised the importance of quality education through ECMCC that will lay a pivotal focus on enhancing the future of E-Commerce in Pakistan through a student-centric approach.
The ECMCC institution has been established with a vision of disseminating a full spectrum of affordable pre-university to post-graduate competency and research-based learning, complemented by world-class international qualifications, the press release added.
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It further stated that, the institution focuses on providing state-of-the-art facilities and a futuristic outlook on academic and entrepreneurial education through highly skilled professionals, entrepreneurial faculty and mentors across the globe.
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Sunny Ali, Founder Extreme Commerce on the launch of the institution said, “We are extremely pleased to partner with the Magna Carta College and together, we will help build human capital at par with the international standards in Pakistan. Through the ECMCC partnership, we aim to provide quality educational resources to everyone in Pakistan and help enhance their career progression chances”.
In his message to the participants, Professor David Faulkner, Dean, ECMCC said, “Our faculty are addressing the key career challenge facing Generation Y and the Millennials. With this initiative, we aim to help deliver quality education in Pakistan. We have brought together a team of world class teachers from the UK and Pakistan to help realize this dream”.
The concept of ECMCC became a reality when Ali and Prof Faulkner aligned their visionary goals to provide the students from Pakistan with an opportunity to acquire international quality education along with excelling in the spheres of E-Commerce, the press release maintained.
The vision of the institution encompasses the provision of quality education and impeccable entrepreneurial skills that will enable the youth of today to become the leaders of the future. The mission of the institution focuses on inspiring and empowering enterprising potentials to institute successful knowledge-based, emergent to advanced careers and businesses globally.
The press release added that ECMCC aims to deliver academic excellence along with the development of E-Commerce and entrepreneurial skillset of students that will help elevate future prospects of students by enabling them to earn and learn simultaneously.
The institution also aims to inspire and empower the enterprising potential of the youth, to institute successful knowledge-based, emergent to advanced careers and businesses globally.
The institute achieves a ubiquitous mission as an inclusive community built on an extreme passion for critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration, according to the press release.
The purpose of ECMCC is also to build and disseminate a full spectrum of affordable pre-university to post-graduate competency and research-based learning, complemented by world-class, international qualifications.
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