HEC Cuts Internship Charges to Ease Students’ Financial Burden

Parliamentary Secretary for the Federal Education and Professional Training Division, Rabia Naseem Farooqi, on Thursday informed the National Assembly that all 282 universities throughout Pakistan offer internship opportunities to students, with a mandatory two-month internship during the sixth semester.

Key points

• According to She categorically, no university in Pakistan operates without an internship program.
• Under the revised arrangement, students completing internships would be charged for only one credit hour instead of three.
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• She continued that internships carry three academic credit hours on transcripts.

Responding to a Calling Attention Notice regarding the alleged lack of internship opportunities at HEC-recognized universities, she stated around two-thirds of the country's universities are public sector and the remaining one-third are privately operated.

According to She categorically, no university in Pakistan operates without an internship program. HEC Clarifies Viral Notification on Engineering Degrees.

Farooqi remarked internships are arranged according to students' academic disciplines, with computer science students placed in software houses, agriculture students at farms, and mechanical engineering students at sites operated by the Oil and Gas Development Business Limited (OGDCL). She continued that internships carry three academic credit hours on transcripts.

MNA Alia Kamran questioned whether available internships were sufficient against the backdrop of the growing number of universities, and alleged without naming the institution that a university was charging students Rs25, 000 for internships.

In response, Farooqi remarked the federal ministry had issued a letter to all universities through the HEC concerning a month earlier, directing them to reduce the financial burden on students. Sindh Announces Internship Program for Graduates.

She remarked monitoring of the internship policy had been strengthened to ensure more students received opportunities and were not charged further fees, and assured lawmakers that details of the monitoring teams would be shared with the House. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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