Universities must focus on quality education instead of int’l rankings: experts

Experts believe that a university’s worth is more than the criteria and data used in its ranking. Ideally, a university’s impact on innovation, socio-cultural promotion and development of a region should be assessed.
During a debate, organised by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) Quality Enhancement Cell on Wednesday, University of Agriculture (UoA) Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan said that the modern obsession with ‘better data’ was driving the management of universities rather than the academic culture. More...