The Higher Education Commission has invited faculty members of its recognized higher education institutions to take part in a two-day Entrepreneurship Training Program designed to build their capacity to teach the mandatory credit course on entrepreneurship at the undergraduate level. The program is open to faculty members who teach the entrepreneurship course at institutions recognized by the Commission. Nominations close on November 15, 2026, and the exact training dates will be finalized once nominations have been received. The initiative addresses a practical need for universities that now have to deliver entrepreneurship as a compulsory subject and want their teachers to be well prepared to do so.
The program highlights cover four areas. Participants will study entrepreneurship pedagogy and course design, which focuses on how the subject is structured and taught, and they will learn interactive learning strategies that can move classes beyond lectures. The training also provides practical tools and resources that faculty members can use directly in their courses, and it includes expert-led sessions. Together these elements aim to give teachers both the teaching methods and the materials needed to deliver the course effectively and to help undergraduate students understand how to identify opportunities and build ventures.
Training will take place at the regional centres of the Higher Education Commission in Lahore, Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, as well as at the head office in Islamabad. The Commission is seeking centralized nominations, and the nominated participants will be divided region by region. Each nomination must be duly approved by the Vice Chancellor, Rector or Registrar of the university concerned, which means that interested faculty members need to approach their institutions before the deadline. The Commission has also made clear that boarding and lodging will not be provided to participants and that travel and daily allowance claims will not be entertained, so universities and faculty members will need to plan for their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Faculty members and universities can submit nominations through the official registration form before the deadline of November 15, 2026. Questions can be directed to Dr. Sadia Bukhari, Deputy Director at the National Academy of Higher Education of the Higher Education Commission in Islamabad, at 05-190400822-0823-0827 or by email at sabukhari@hec.gov.pk. With the final dates yet to be announced, institutions that teach the entrepreneurship course should move quickly to secure approval from their university leadership and complete the nomination form so that their faculty members are included in the regional groups.
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