HEC kicks off teachers capacity building in Punjab affiliated colleges.

ISLAMABAD -- The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has launched a capacity-building training programme for the faculty of nine divisions of Punjab in collaboration with Higher Education Department, Punjab under the Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP) project.

A two-day training was organised by the HEDP project team of HEC at the University of Education, Lahore for faculty of 60 affiliated colleges of the Lahore district, said a news release on Thursday.

The first batch comprising 109 participants, including over 60 percent women, was trained in the capacity-building workshop.

The training comprised six modules: a) Transition to Semester System; b) Academic Advisement and Career Progression; c) Use of Technology in Education; d) Learning Assessment and Feedback; e) Curriculum and Course Development; and f) Teaching Methodology: Andragogy and Pedagogy.

The activity is led by the Programme Specialist, HEDP, Mr Asad Khan and the Post-Secondary Education Reform Unit (PERU) team, a component of the project responsible for the execution and rollout of the Undergraduate Education Policy (UEP), in close coordination with the Higher Education Departments (HEDs).

The HEDP project is focused on supporting the tertiary...