HEC Concludes AI Training For Two Cohorts of Around 400 Faculty Members
ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 7th Sep, 2026) National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE), Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, has concluded a three-day Tier-I Faculty Training Programme on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Lecturers and Assistant Professors serving in public sector higher education institutions (HEIs).
Programme Details:
- Title: "AI Literacy for Educators: Building AI-Ready Institutions"
- Objective: Strengthen faculty capacity to understand, critically evaluate, and responsibly integrate AI into various academic aspects.
- Participants: Around 400 faculty members, including 332 in cohort-I and nearly 64 in cohort-II.
- Format: Combines conceptual understanding, practical hands-on learning, critical reflection, and AI application in diverse contexts.
Key Highlights:
- Managing Director NAHE (HEC) Dr Noor Amna Malik was the chief guest at both opening and closing ceremonies.
- Emphasized the ethical use of AI in higher education and its impact on knowledge creation, teaching, research, and application.
- Underscored the need for faculty to safeguard academic integrity, evaluate AI outputs, protect privacy, and intellectual property.
- Stressed the importance of developing institutional preparedness, governance mechanisms, ethical safeguards, and continuous professional development for meaningful AI integration.
Programme Focus:
- Foundational and applied understanding of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Large Language Models, and Generative AI.
- Relevance and application of AI in teaching, learning, research, assessment, healthcare, business, banking, communication, creativity, data analytics, and education.
- Developing discipline-specific AI applications within respective academic fields.
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