Gomal University fails to receive performance grant

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has distributed performance-based grants worth Rs567.673 million among public and private sector universities across the province but Gomal University completely failed to receive any share from this grant due to rampant corruption and poor performance.

Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences), Peshawar, secured the top position in the grant takers.

The provincial government stated that the performance grant initiative aims to encourage institutional excellence, improve academic standards, promote research activities, and create healthy competition among higher education institutions.

In the overall ranking, IMSciences Peshawar secured first position and received a special cash award of Rs50 million, while Hazara University Mansehra ranked second with Rs30 million, and Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (IAST), Haripur secured third position with Rs20 million.

Among general public sector universities, IMSciences Peshawar received Rs37.84 million, Hazara University Mansehra received Rs22.71 million, and the University of Malakand received Rs15.14 million.

In the professional and technical universities category, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Peshawar ranked first with a grant of Rs37.84 million, followed by Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar with Rs22.71 million and the University of Agriculture Peshawar with Rs15.14 million.

In the emerging institutions category, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule IAST Haripur secured the top position and received Rs37.84 million, while Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, University of Haripur, and other institutions received grants according to their rankings.

Among private sector universities, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI), Topi Swabi ranked first and received Rs15 million, followed by CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar with Rs9 million, and Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan with Rs6 million.