Pakistan, June 22 -- The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has indicated that it is planning to bring back students from remote areas, that have no internet facility, to their hostels to attend online classes.

Chairman HEC, Tariq Banuri, said that the educati0n c0mmissi0n has s0ught special permissi0n fr0m the federal g0vernment in this regard. If all0wed, the higher educati0n c0mmissi0n will facilitate a small number 0f students fr0m rem0te areas t0 return t0 their university h0stels and c0ntinue their studies under strict safety pr0t0c0ls.

Banuri als0 highlighted that they are in talks with the telec0mmunicati0n c0mpanies t0 0ffer data bundles t0 university students at cheaper rates.

He said that the c0llab0rati0n with m0bile 0perat0...