Islamabad, July 24, 2025: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif held an important meeting to talk about changes in the higher education system of Punjab. Many key decisions were made to improve colleges and universities across the province.
In the meeting, the Higher Education Department gave a full update. It was decided that three big foreign universities — Government College University, Government College for Women University, and University of Engineering and Technology — will be made into model campuses. These will act as examples for others to follow.
Officials told that many top foreign universities want to come to Punjab. Names like University of London, Brunel University, University of Gloucestershire, and University of Leicester from UK, and universities from South Korea and Kazakhstan are interested in starting their campuses here. Maryam Nawaz welcomed this idea and said it will help improve Punjab’s education image in the world.
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Main Decisions
- College Management Councils: Govt approved to make College Management Councils in public colleges to help improve system and performance.
- KPI-Based System: All universities in Punjab will now use Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to check how good teachers and Vice Chancellors are doing.
- Low-Performing Colleges Report: Maryam Nawaz asked for a full report on weak and poor colleges to make sure quality stays same everywhere.
- Education Vigilance Squad: A new team will be made that will visit colleges without notice to check students’ attendance, teaching quality, cleaning, and discipline.
- Scholarship and Laptop Scheme: More than 19,000 students have applied for the CM Punjab Laptop and Scholarship Scheme. CM told officers to make this plan even better and easier to apply for.
- Strategic Plan 2025-2029: They also discussed a new five-year plan for universities. This plan will focus on modern teaching, research, digital learning, and sharing of ideas.
- Autonomy and Reforms: Government agreed to give universities more freedom and bring changes in their management to make them work better.
- Higher Education Conference: CM gave early go-ahead to hold Punjab’s first Higher Education Conference to discuss common problems and solutions.
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Also, CM asked for a report about commerce colleges. She wants to find out which ones are not working properly and how to restart them.
All these steps show that the Punjab government under Maryam Nawaz is serious about fixing the higher education system. These efforts aim to bring world-level standards and give more chances to students across Punjab.
