ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 11th Aug, 2026) The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan organised a virtual workshop on ‘PSG-2023, 'Moving from Conformity to the Institutional Ownership’ at the HEC Lahore Regional Centre. This training aimed to strengthen quality assurance practices in line with HEC standard guidelines of PSG-2023, share best practices on programme assessment, continuous quality improvement and documentation, and build capacity of all university personnel pertaining to quality assurance. This workshop created awareness among the office-bearers regarding quality assurance and several other topics related to higher education, as it contained a detailed presentation to the participants on the precepts, standards and guidelines on quality education followed by a thorough question and answer session. The workshop highlighted the importance of result-oriented quality assurance with emphasis on outcome-based quality education. The training focused on the need for creating a dynamic mechanism for continuous improvement, accountability, and excellence via QA Framework