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Abstract
The paper tracks the history of higher education reforms in Pakistan and examines the recent higher education
reform initiatives undertaken by Higher Education Commission under ‘Higher Education Commission Vision 2025’.
It also highlights the challenges faced during the implementation of these reforms and proposes different solutions.
Qualitative approach was adopted to carry out this study and seventeen semi-structured interviews of senior
officials belonging to Federal Higher Education Commission, Punjab Higher Education Commission, Higher
Education Department and senior academicians belonging to different public sector universities of Punjab were
carried out. Secondary data comprising of published reports and policies was also analyzed. Multiple reform
initiatives to improve the quality of faculty, higher education and its governance were found to have been
implemented in higher education institutions. Jurisdictional ambiguity of federal and provincial higher education
commissions after 18th constitutional amendment, their inadequate consultation with each other and other
stakeholders, no formal performance evaluation of previously implemented initiatives, incompatibility between
reforms and university culture and excessive political intervention in HEC and in universities were identified as
major challenges faced during the implementation of reform initiatives.
Umais Furqan, Ayesha Hanif, , Muhammad Zeeshan Hanif. (2022) The Struggle to Reform Higher Education Sector of Pakistan: Past reforms, Recent Initiatives and Confronted Challenges. , Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 2.
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