Project Director Women University Swabi/ Additional Secretary for Higher Education Khyber Pakhtunkhw (KP) Province, Pakistan
Dr. Khan has a passion for Higher Education in particular for female education. He has been making sincere and consistent endeavors ever since posted in the position of Additional Secretary Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a political party founded by the former and famed Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan PTI, right after coming into power in the province of KP declared ‘Education Emergency’. PTI believes in raising education standards across the country, launching a strong campaign to achieve universal literacy, and promoting schools and colleges in the nation. Appreciating the contribution of Dr. Khan it was decided to assign additional tasks in Higher Education sector in KP province to work for female education in a meeting chaired by Mr. Speaker of the provincial assembly for the. In line with this belief, he was asked to establish a Women’s University in the Swabi district within KP Province. Over the next two years, he worked hard to achieve this goal driven by the belief that unless we educate our women things is unlikely to change. He has been assisting in reducing the existing ratio male
to female Colleges and enrollment of more than two to one. The limited number of Women Colleges coupled with low female enrollment figures prompted the decision to identify the reducing gender gap and improving the quality of learning outcomes as his key priorities for transforming KP Province. The positive response from the local community prompted the birth of a third women university in the Province in Mardan. Currently Dr. Khan is developing plans to meet the requests for women universities in Mansehra as well the Southern and the Northern districts. He describes the overall response to Women Universities as phenomenal, a situation he attributes to the combination of quality faculty and very satisfied parents. Dr. Khan is often asked about why a women university when co-education is available and should be pursued. He invariably tells them he believes that we need more women universities and colleges to reduce the gender gap in higher education. He also believes with one generation of more educated mothers, Pakistan will witness a turnaround in the economy as well as an improvement in overall health and wellbeing of the society. Driven by the passion to champion the cause of female education with a “Why Not” philosophy to take on any challenge and accept any responsibility, Dr. Khan believes that we need educated women to make the world a better place to live – a transformed world where there is no gender bias.
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