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KPK Education City – NUST, Bahria + Korea, Japan show interest
PESHAWAR: Around 20 international universities have expressed an interest in opening up campuses at ‘Education City’ in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).
The proposed hub will accommodate campuses of national and international universities to provide Pakistani students the opportunity to obtain foreign degrees at home, stated officials of the provincial higher education department.
The K-P government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the British Council to start the project at the earliest, the officials told
The Express Tribune on Friday. The site has been selected and land acquired.
Around 30,000 kanals of land in Jehangira will be used to build the education city. The project will be adjacent to the proposed Mega City near the Swabi Interchange on the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway.
“We have briefed Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak and other relevant officials on the project, and they termed it a new beginning for the province’s education sector,” shared an education department official.
On Saturday, K-P Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser told journalists at a news conference that the British Council will help the province liaise with 20 international universities to help set up their campuses. Qaisar claimed Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea have shown initial interest in the project.
When contacted, Special Assistant to the CM on Higher Education Mushtaq Ghani said the National University of Sciences and Technology, and Bahria University – among other national universities – have agreed to open campuses in Education City.
Students spend millions studying abroad, with Education City they will be able to get the same education at home at an affordable cost, claimed Ghani.
According to CM spokesperson Shiraz Paracha, Education City will not only provide educational opportunities, it will boost the economic condition of K-P by attracting investment, generating jobs and reducing unemployment in the province.
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Foreign credentials: International universities show keen interest in K-P Education City – The Express Tribune
British Council interest to begin the project of International Universities in K-P-K. - CrazyMela
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British Council to facilitate KPK govt in setting up Education City
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and British Council sign MOU on education
The British Council Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on education. This agreement will pave the way for future cooperation on all levels of education between the KPK government and the British Council.
The MoU is signed to develop cooperation and collaboration for promotion of Education through mutual collaborative activities, which can result in betterment of the economic condition in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Speaking at the ceremony, provincial assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said: “This MoU is an active first step towards what the PTI government had promised to the people in its manifesto which was to deliver quality education for all.”
The agreement also focuses on strengthening and developing human resource with emphasis on increasing women participation in education. It will strive for higher quality and relevance to local and international job market demand.
British Council Director, Pakistan, Peter Upton said: “This accord is the result of a clear vision and sustained commitment from the KPK government. Creating educational opportunities for young people is a key means of providing economic and social opportunity for all.”
“We are pleased to be working with the chief minister, the speaker on this ambitious goal and we are taking the first steps towards a wider collaboration that involves higher education, skills development, English language support exchanges and hopefully the re-opening of another British Council Library,” he held.
The British Council will provide technical support and advice to the KPK government on designing and setting up of an Education City Project and help promote the Education City Project in the UK to attract world class universities to set up their campuses in Pakistan.
See Invitation to Tender by British Council at
Invitation to Tender (ITT): Scoping study in KPK | British Council (deadline 28 Feb, 2015)
