Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued an alert for the parents and teachers and advised them that they don’t Take Admission in BA/BSc or MA/MSc Unauthorized 2 years Programs.
Don’t Take Admission in BA/BSc or MA/MSc Unauthorized 2 years Programs
- Students are advised not to waste their time and money by enrolling in unauthorized degree programs, such as 2-years BA/BSc or MA/MSc Programmes. These Programmes have been phased out because of quality concerns.
- One or two universities have announced admission to unauthorized BA/BSc and MA/MSc programmes. While this will earn money for the university, it will not be in the interest of the students. These discarded degrees will not enable students to apply for jobs or further education.
- The decision to phase out the 2 years BA/BSc and MA/MSc programs, and replace them with a single, composite, 4-year BS degree was taken in 2004. However, universities were allowed to continue both systems in a transition period.
- In 2011, the Associate Degree (AD) was announced as an alternative to the BS/BSc degree. AD is equivalent to 14 years of schooling and entitles graduates to get admission in the 5th semester of respective BS programs after fulfilling the admitting university’s requirements.
- In 2016, the transition period was concluded, and a final decision made to stop and admissions in BA/BSc programs on December 31, 2018, and in MA/MSc programmes on December 31, 2020. It was also decided that the last BA/BSc exam would be held in 2020 and that the admission to the last batch of MA/MSc students would take place before December 31, 2020. These decisions were confirmed in 2017, and again in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
BA/MA/B.Sc/MSc Programs that HEC Allowed
However, because of the disruption caused by the coronavirus, the following flexibility has been allowed:
- Universities have been given a grace period of three months to conclude the final BA/BSc exams. Any Exams concluded before March 31, 2021, shall be considered to be 2020 exams.
- Similarly, the deadline for admission to the final cohort of the MA/MSc programmes is also extended to March 31, 2021, so that the final cohort of BA/BSc students can apply for admission.
- In addition, holders of BA/BSc degrees are allowed to apply for admission in the third year or 5th semester of the BS programme, subject to the completion of a bridging semester or any additional course requirements that the university may impose.
- Any students who miss the deadline to get admission to the MA/MSc programmes can apply instead for admission to the third year (i.e., 5th semester) of the BS programme, which is a far superior option/
- Fresh students can be admitted either directly into the 4-year BS programme or in the 2-year Associate Degree programmes, offered through recognized campuses, constituent and affiliated colleges in place of the old BA/BSc programmes.
In case of admission in illegal and phased-out programmes, the students will end up bearing all risks and costs or any associated loss incurred. HEC cannot recognize degrees of students who enrolled in conventional BA/BSc programmes after December 31, 2018. Likewise, the last date for admission in conventional MA/MSc programmes on March 31, 2021.
This is not fair at all, it is a pre-planned move by the education mafia, who will now earn Millions of rupee from every student on the name of so called BS. FA,BA & MA was the education of poor and served this nation for so many decades quite successfully, why it was felt to abolish this and to please whom? BS education should be but there should be a parallel education system like FA,BA and M.A for poor of Pakistan who can not afford the expensive education of B.S. AIOU and all our other universities were very successfully running all these degrees and in my opinion there still is no harm to keep them continue
What’s about b.Ed m.Ed???????