Standard education: Accreditation awarded to business institutes

The 12th council meeting of the National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) was held here at the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Secretariat, where accreditation letters were awarded to various business schools.

NBEAC Chairman Dr Hasan Sohaib Murad briefed the members about accreditation inspection visits of different business schools and accreditation guidance visits to the newly registered universities.

The Accreditation Award Ceremony was also held. Fifteen members were invited from various universities visited by the accreditation inspection committee (AIC). HEC Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed presented shields and awarded letters to representatives of the business schools receiving accreditation.

Accreditation was awarded to the Lahore School of Economics; National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad; Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan; Comsats Institute, Islamabad; Institute of Business and Management, Karachi; Balochistan University of Information Technology; Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta; University of Central Punjab, Lahore; Iqra University, Karachi; Comsats Institute, Lahore; Punjab University’s Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore; National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore; Air University, Islamabad; Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan; Qurtuba University, D I Khan and Hazara University, Mansehra.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2014.