Islamabad: The third and final awareness workshop of the National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC), Higher Education Commission held here Wednesday.

The objective of the workshop was to create awareness about the Business Education Accreditation Process awareness for business schools\universities\institutes\departments in the regions about the Council's accreditation and also receive their feedback to improve the accreditation process documents.

The participants of the workshop included Professor Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, chairman NBEAC, Dr. Zahoor Hassan Syed, Professor LUMS, Professor Muhammad Aman, Dean, Riphah International University, Dr. Sadia Nadeem, Associate Professor (FAST-NU) and Dr. Nasser Ali Khan, director, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar.

They gave presentations on accreditation framework, pre-review guidelines, committees/panel structure, eligibility guidance and self assessment report respectively.

This initiative of HEC to form such a body for business education accreditation was appreciated by the participants. The aim of this initiative is to improve the quality of business education in the country.

Dr Mukhtar Ahmed requested the participants to provide their feedback and suggestions about the process before January 15, 2010. A review meeting would be held after feedback from Business Schools nationwide.