Higher education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
Higher Education Department (HED) is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. Higher Education Department is responsible for education, learning and related services for students, as well as teaching and non-teaching staff, serving in Public and Private higher education institutions in the province of Punjab.[1]
Functions
The department has administrative and financial control of the Higher Education sector in the Punjab. It manages 517 colleges in 37 districts. The department also supervises 09 Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education, 17 Public Sector Universities and 26 Private Universities.[2]
Directorate of Public Instruction Colleges
Directorate of Public Instruction Colleges (Punjab) is an attached department that performs a coordinating role between the secretariat and the district education office.[3]
Boards
The Higher Education Department has a network of 09 Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education to cater to the examination of Intermediate classes in public and private sector colleges across Punjab[4]
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Lahore
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Gujranwala
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Faisalabad
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Sargodha
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Rawalpindi
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Bahawalpur
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Multan
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education D. G. Khan
- Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Sahiwal
Rules & Regulations
The department and its attached bodies are governed under following acts.
See also
- Ministry of Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education
- Education in Pakistan
- Higher Education Commission
- School education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
- Special education department (Punjab, Pakistan)
- Literacy & non-formal basic education department (Punjab, Pakistan)