All public university vice-chancellors (VCs) have called for more money for higher education in the annual budget for FY 2022–23.
Non-development expenditures totaling Rs 65 billion have been granted by the federal government to the Higher Education Commission (HEC). The VCs, on the other hand, has set a price of Rs. 104 billion on the HEC’s door.
Dr. Mohammad Ali, VC of Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), led a group of VCs in releasing a statement thanking the government for giving the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Rs 65 billion as a non-development grant.
It was found that non-development money of Rs. 104 billion is needed to keep the institutions running smoothly, but only Rs. 39 billion has been granted.
In FY 2021-22, the previous federal government gave the HEC a total of Rs 108.65 billion. Of this amount, Rs 66.25 billion went to non-development costs and Rs 42.4 billion went to development projects.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been given a total of Rs. 109.4 billion by the current federal government. Of this amount, Rs. 65 billion is for spending that doesn’t go toward development and Rs. 44.4 billion is for development projects.
But the federal government has cut spending on things other than development by 1.9% while increasing the HEC budget by only 0.3%.