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Summary

The current study is entitled Impact of University on Character building of Post
Graduate Students of Punjab. The important causes of this study was to investigate
the behaviors of postgraduate students. Millions of students are studying in
universities, they are future of Pakistan. In current study research tool (questionnaire)
used to collect data. Two questionnaire were developed, one for students and other for
teachers. After literature review research tools were developed to measure the
behaviors of university students. Character depends upon the six major components i.e.
Honesty, Trust, Fairness, Respect, and Responsibility. The research tool included items
on all the six component of character building. To explore and highlight the
behaviors students, this study was conducted. The objectives of the study were to:
(1) To observe the component of character building of post graduate students of
Punjab.(2)To find out the factors that influence character building of post graduate
students of Punjab.(3)To identify the character building activities of post graduate
students of Punjab.(4)To recommend for better role of university on character building of
postgraduate students in Punjab. In current study randomly selected 600 students and
60 teachers of IUB,BZU and PU. After collected data, the data were analyzed by
using Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS) version 20. The data was
quantitative.
Recommendations

The current research was designed to identify impact of character building of post graduate
students studying in universities of Punjab, and its role in their social life while interacting
with others. Results of this study show that there is also lacking of vocational and
technical education in these madarsas .universities may want to include character education to
assist students in building healthy character that will allow them to succeed academically,
personally, and socially. The education and development of students' character, specifically
targeting social betterment and helping others as a means to personal growth needs to be a part of
the institutions curriculum.
When universities use character education programs, they teach students enduring lessons that
may include developing and instilling a positive self-esteem, understanding the importance of
respecting one another, and taking on the responsibility of working together with others.
Universities and teachers that help students identify their values, develop goals and make
decisions, and solve problems are likely to see improved institutions moral.
Good character education programs may inspire students to continue achieving academically
while reducing unwanted behavior. Classrooms need to be a place where students, teachers,
counselors and others live and grow together and it needs to be a place where all students can
grow academically, emotionally, physically, and socially. A good character education programs
can play a critical role in defining what positive student behavior includes. Character education
can be an effective tool to help students explore, define and understand their values. Character
education just might be an option to assist schools to reach their goals of student achievement.


Institutions may want to include character education to assist students in building healthy
character that will allow them to succeed academically, personally, and socially.
The education and development of students' character, specifically targeting social betterment
and helping others as a means to personal growth needs to be a part of the institutions
curriculum.
When institutions use character education programs, they teach students enduring lessons that
may include developing and instilling a positive self-esteem, understanding the importance of
respecting one another, and taking on the responsibility of working together with others.
Institutions and families that help students identify their values, develop goals and make
decisions, and solve problems are likely to see improved institutions moral.
Good character education programs may inspire students to continue achieving academically
while reducing unwanted behavior. Classrooms need to be a place where students, teachers,
counselors and others live and grow together and it needs to be a place where all students can
grow academically, emotionally, physically, and socially. A good character education programs
can playa critical role in defining what positive student behavior includes. Character education
can be an effective tool to help students explore, define and understand their values. Character
education just might be an option to assist schools to reach their goals of student achievement.

Recommendations for Further Research

These recommendations are made to continue the support for promoting character education in
institutions. As new programs are developed, institutions counselors can collect the necessary
data to demonstrate effectiveness of the programs. Institutions can do research to track the
attendance, discipline referrals, and participation in extracurricular activities to see if character
education is making a difference. By using hard data, institutions can improve school climate,
clarify student expectations and create safe learning environments.
As more institutions are able to incorporate character education into their curriculum, the
stronger the data will be indicating changes or modifications to newly developed programs to
best fit the changing needs of society. Collaborating and working on integrating character
education in the schools is a team effort and further research may indicate what is best for all
students in that school and community. Sharing future research could indicate how character
traits may be made part of most academic lessons including foreign language, music and
physical education. Traits can also be taught through institution assemblies, display boards in
institutions, and institution and community projects. Ultimately, by linking these programs with
the institutions curriculum, children may develop a greater vision for their communities and the
world as a whole.
Socially and personally, children will continue to develop their character, 'through their home
environments, communities and institution. With a more enriched environment the effective
schools will continue to do research to include character education to determine the correlation
between success and one's character. The future of the child in a global society is too important
to disregard the need for the development and implementation of character education programs
in institution.