Higher education budget raised by 20 percent in fiscal budget 2022-23: Rana Tanvir.

LAHORE -- Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanvir Hussain said on Monday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led coalition government had raised the development

budget for higher education to Rs 110 billion from 91 billion in the budget 2022-23. Talking to the media at the inauguration of Picture Exhibition at the National Collage of Arts (NCA), he said that previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had cut the higher education budget during the past year, adding that PML-N has always given priority to the education sector. To a query, he said the PML-N government had raised the higher education budget to Rs 120 billion from mere Rs 34-34 billion during its previous tenure between 2013 and 2018. The Minister expressed the hope that the premier higher education institutions like the NCA would provide quality education to students and play their role in raising educational standards in the country. Rana Tanvir asked the NCA Vice Chancellor to devise some short term and long term plans for the betterment of varsity, adding that his responsibilities had increased manifold after up-gradation of the college into university. He lauded the VC Prof. Dr. Murtaza Jafri's efforts for embracing modern technologies and...