On, 19th June 2025, the Higher Education Council (HEC) together with leaders from Higher Learning Institutions conducted a validation workshop of “Benchmarked Academic Business-Related Programs.    

 The Programs set out clear standards for higher learning institutions to adopt in teaching and assessing business-related academic programs, with the aim of aligning academic programs with the skills required by the labour market.

The academic business-related programs were benchmarked with regional and international similar programs to allow student mobility and harmonized academic programs to enhance academic excellence. 

 Leaders from higher learning institutions were reminded to always consider the involving needs of labor market and design academic programs that respond to the needs of the market, prepare their students for local, regional and international labor market’s needs.