Higher Education Department (Punjab)
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Higher Education Department (HED) is a department of
Government of Punjab, Pakistan The Government of the Punjab (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is based in Lahore, the provincial capital. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisi ...
. 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
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
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Functions

The department has administrative and financial control over the Higher Education sector in the Punjab. It manages 517 colleges in 37
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. The department also supervises 09 boards of intermediate and secondary education and public and private sector universities and degree awarding institutes in the
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
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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. Besides that there are also Directors at division level and deputy directors at district level. The Director has to monitor public and private colleges at division level and the deputy directors at district level.


Boards

The Higher Education Department has a network of 09 Boards of Intermediate and
Secondary Education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
to cater to the examination of Intermediate classes in public and private sector colleges across PunjabBoards , Higher Education Department
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Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Faisalabad The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Faisalabad (colloquially known as BISE Faisalabad) is an examining board for intermediate (higher secondary) and secondary (high school) education in Faisalabad Division. Introduction BISE Fa ...
* Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sargodha *
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rawalpindi is a government agency whose main object is to conduct examinations of Secondary School Certificate, SSC and HSSC and declare their results. The Board is autonomous in nature. History ...
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Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Bahawalpur Board or Boards may refer to: Flat surface * Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** Cutting board ** Sounding board, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) * Paperboard * Fiberboard ** Hardboard, a ...
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Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Multan Board or Boards may refer to: Flat surface * Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** Cutting board ** Sounding board, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) * Paperboard * Fiberboard ** Hardboard, a ...
* Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dera Ghazi Khan *
Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sahiwal Board or Boards may refer to: Flat surface * Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** Cutting board ** Sounding board, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) * Paperboard * Fiberboard ** Hardboard, a ...


See also

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Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training () is a federal ministry of the Government of Pakistan. The ministry's political head is known as thMinister of Pakistanand the ministry's bureaucratic head is the Education Secretary ...
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Education in Pakistan Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, while the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and the financing of research and development. Artic ...
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Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) The Higher Education Commission (colloquially known as HEC) is a statutory body formed by the Government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman. Its main functions are funding, overseeing, regulating ...
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School education department (Punjab, Pakistan) The School Education Department is a division of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. legislating, formulating policy, and planning for primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary education and maintain standards of education in these fiel ...
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Special education department (Punjab, Pakistan) Special Education Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. The department meets the Special education requirements of the disabled children especially, hearing impaired, visually impaired, mentally retarded and physically ...
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Literacy & non-formal basic education department (Punjab, Pakistan) The Literacy & Non-Formal Basic Education Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. It was created in 2002 to address the problem of dropouts at the primary level and meet the emerging demand for non-formal basic education wit ...


References


External links


HED official website
Departments of Government of Punjab, Pakistan Education in Punjab, Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (, ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the Demographics of Pakistan, most populous province in Pakistan and the List of first-level administrative divisions by popu ...
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