Trans-national educational programs are need of hour: Dr. Musadik Malik
ISLAMABAD, August 16 (SABAH): Dr. Musadik Malik on Monday said that trans-national educational programs are the need of the hour to provide Pakistani youth with international standards of education.
Vice Chancellor of Univeristy of Hertfordshire Professor Quintin McKellar called on the Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik. He was accompanied by delegation of The Millennium Education Group Pakistan headed by the founder and chief executive Dr Faisal Mushtaq. Director International Partnerships James Perrin of University if Hertfordshire was also in attendance.
The minister welcomed the vice chancellor to Pakistan and appreciated his interest in the education sector of Pakistan. Institutes like TMUC that provide higher education in collaboration with international universities are great addition to Pakistani higher education profile. The delegation shared their vision to provide outcome based education (OBEs) to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in diverse fields including renewable energy and hydrocarbons.
Dr Musadik Malik expressed his keen interest in their vision and affirmed his support for such institutions who not only are providing state of the art degrees in traditional subjects, engineering and IT but also in emerging areas of study such as renewable energy, solar technologies.