By Achuthsankar S Nair. While lakhs of Indian students study abroad, contributing an estimated Rs 50,000 crores to foreign countries, India attracts less than a lakh foreign students and inflow of well below Rs 1000 crores. What can we do to balance this? A pragmatic action seems to be to attract short-term study-abroad students from west.
Foreign Universities are often perceived as a threat to Indian higher education system, both in terms of economics and academics. An estimated 50,000 crores of rupees is siphoned from India when lakhs of Indian students fly out to study in foreign Universities, every year. More...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formulated a committee of vice chancellors of UET Lahore, University of Punjab, GC University Lahore, University of Gujrat and Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi to arrange a conference on ‘Future Road Map of Higher Education’ to put up recommendations for strengthening higher education sector. 
Earlier, he had constituted a high-level committee in 2012, under the chairmanship of Senator Zulfiqar Khosa, for improvement of higher education in Punjab. 
The committee formulated its recommendations, which were subsequently presented to the chief minister by the Higher Education Department secretary. More...

Brilliant MUST students to be sent abroad for PhD. AJK Minister for Higher Education and Colleges Matloob Hussain Inqlabi has said that the higher education is among the top priorities of the state government as it has been strives for quality education across the liberated territory.
He was speaking at the prize distribution ceremony of the Department of Home Economics of state-run Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST) at the varsity’s old campus. More...

By EP Library. As stated in the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 3 January 1976, Article 13c, higher education shall be made equally accessible to all, on the basis of capacity, by every appropriate means, and in particular by the progressive introduction of free education. According to the World Bank, universities are a key part of all tertiary systems. This Keysource addresses higher education in Asia – with a focus on China and Japan. It lists reports and analyses on key aspects like curricula development and admission requirements for teachers and for students. More...

By Waqas Naeem. Experts say Pakistani and British universities can collaborate and build partnerships for research in diverse disciplines. Pakistani students and researchers studying abroad are tremendous resources for the country. But experts at an international conference here on Thursday agreed that they can be more helpful if they returned after graduating and contributed to research and development here.
That will not be possible unless the government and universities come up with policies, incentives and quality academic environments to prevent flight of intellectual capital from Pakistan, researchers and educationists said. More...