ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) have joined hands to create awareness about menace of corruption. The two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday under which the HEC would help NAB create awareness among students about the negative effects of corruption on society. “The HEC and NAB will cooperate and prepare courses on anti-corruption themes for graduate and postgraduate students and jointly arrange seminars, walks, conferences and workshops in major universities to highlight the menace,” NAB spokesman Nawazish Ali said after the signing of the MoU at HEC headquarters. Also read: Corruption by any name Under the MoU, essay and poetry competitions, declamation contests and painting and poster competitions will be organised among students of the institutions affiliated to the HEC. Similarly, Character Building Societies will be set up at the universities. The MoU was signed by NAB’s deputy chairman Saeed Ahmed Sargana and HEC chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed. Speaking on the occasion, the HEC chief hailed the idea of joining hands with NAB to create awareness among students about the menace. “The HEC is working on preparing a course on anti-corruption, ethics and civic responsibilities for undergraduate students. We will also organise seminars, conferences, walks and other social activities with a focus on anti-corruption themes,” he said. Dr Ahmed voluntarily invited NAB to identify systematic weaknesses existing in his institution. The NAB’s deputy chairman said his bureau had been entrusted with a ‘state function’ under section 33C of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 to educate and advise public authorities, holders of public office and the community at large on measures to combat corruption as well as corrupt practices. Under the ordinance, NAB is supposed to develop, arrange, supervise, participate or conduct educational programmes or media campaigns to disseminate information on detrimental effects of corruption and corrupt practices and the importance of maintaining integrity in public institutions. “Parents today attach more importance to grades and positions of their children but have forgotten to give due importance to their character,” Mr Sargana remarked. He said that NAB was pinning its hopes on the future leaders of the country, particularly its students. In 2012, NAB began setting up character building societies at the school, college, university, union council and district levels. Published in Dawn, November 8th , 2014Dawn News
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 03:04:03 +0000
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