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PESHAWAR, Jan 01 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Department has approved launch of Pakistan’s first provincial-level university ranking system marking it a major policy initiative aimed at improving academic quality, transparency and institutional performance across public universities in the province.
The approval was granted by Provincial Minister for Higher Education and Local Government Meena Khan Afridi. He said the ranking framework would introduce healthy competition among universities and encourage measurable improvements in governance, research and academic standards.
KP University Ranking System has been developed after reviewing leading international frameworks such as QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education (THE), as well as the national ranking criteria of the Higher Education Commission (HEC). Relevant indicators from these systems have been adapted to suit provincial requirements.
Under the new framework, all public sector universities in KP have been directed to submit required data through a prescribed proforma within one month. The first provincial ranking list is expected to be published in March.