24thPOSTINDUCTIONCOURSEFORPMS

PROBATIONERS

HIGHEREDUCATIONIN
PAKISTAN:CHALLENGES
ANDWAYFORWARD
1 Preparedby:
MuhammadUzmanChaudary
Instructor:
MadamAfshan
 BREAKDOWNOF
PRESENTATION:
SECTION1
INTRODUCTION
FUNCTIONSANDIMPORTANCEOFHIGHEREDUCATION(HE )

SECTION2
ANOVERVIEWOFHIGHEREDUCATIONSECTORIN
PAKISTAN
SECTION3
PAKISTANIHIGHEREDUCATIONSYSTEM:AN
EVALUATION

SECTION4
CHALLENGESFACEDBYHIGHEREDUCATIONIN
PAKISTAN 2
RECOMMENDATIONS:AWAYFORWARD


SECTION1

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INTRODUCTION

WhatisHigherEducation?

TertiaryLevelEducation
EarningaProfessionalDegree/Diploma/Certification

Thecapacitytodevelopsophisticatedvalues
(Chan,Brown&Ludlow,2014).

www.wikipedia.com
OBJECTIVESOFHIGHEREDUCATION

Abilitytocreateanddisseminateknowledge

Todevelophigherordercognitiveandcommunicative
skills

Https://darrinruns.wordpress.comBloomsModelofLearning
FUNCTIONSOFHIGHER
EDUCATION:

Contributestothedevelopmentofacountryby
developingHumanCapital
Intellectualsandculturalagents

UpwardSocialmobility
ProvidesEveryoneafairchancetoclimbthesocio
economicladder.

PositiveImpactsonHDIofacountry

StrengthenstheNationalFabric. 6

(WorldEconomicForum).
FUNCTIONSOFHIGHER
EDUCATION(CONT):
ImpactsontheGDP
RaisestheIndustrialStandards
IncreaseCompetitivenessandSupportsInnovation
DerivestheKnowledgebasedEconomies.

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stanford.edu/publications/highergradeshighergdp
FUNCTIONSOFHIGHER
EDUCATION(CONT):
BetterEmploymentOpportunities

https://darrinruns.wordpress.com
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Educationallevelv/sEmploymentrate
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 MAPPINGTHEHIGHEREDUCATION
INPAKISTAN

HigherEducation

DegreeAwarding AffiliatedColleges
Institutesand DistanceLearning
accreditedby
Universities DegreeAwarding
Provincial
Institutes
177DAIs Governments

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 PAKISTAN
OVERVIEWOFHIGHEREDUCATIONIN

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http://www.technologyreview.pk/mapping
highereducationinpakistan/
GLIMPSESOFHIGHEREDUCATIONINPAKISTAN

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HEIENROLLMENTOFPOOL
COUNTRIES
Enrollments(InMillions)

6.2
4.9

3 3.3 3.4

1.2
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Indonesia Brazil Turkey SouthKorea Iran Pakistan

www.britishcouncil.com
GROWTHOFHEIENROLLMENT

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AFFILIATEDCOLLEGESAN
OVERVIEW

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RESEARCHANDINNOVATION
CENTERS

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www.technologyreview.pk/mappinghighereducationin
pakistan
NUMBEROFDOCTORATESINPAKISTAN

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HIGHEREDUCATIONCOMMISSION
INPAKISTAN
Initiatedin2002Constitutionallyprotectedbody.

RolesofHEC

Primaryfunding

Overseeing

Accrediting

Regulating 18

www.hec.gov.pk
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PAKISTANIHIGHEREDUCATION
SYSTEM:ANEVALUATION

DefiningKeyIndicators

WorldHigherEducationStrength

QSTimesUniversityRankingSystem

AveragescoresinStandardizedTests

GMAT

GRE

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HIGHEREDUCATIONSYSTEMOF
PAKISTANINTHEWORLD
WorldsWeakestEducationsystemasRankedbytheQSTimes.

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https://www.topuniversities.com/
QSTIMESWORLDRANKINGS

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 QSTIMESWORLDRANKINGS

UNIVERSITIES IN TOP-980

Pakistan;7 Iran;11

SouthKorea;36

India;41
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AVERAGEGMATSCORE

WorldAverageStandsat550600

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https://www.ets.org
AVERAGEGRESCORES
CumulativeWorldAveragestandsaround304
PakistanAverageScore300
VR147,QR156,AW3.6

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https://www.ets.org
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CHALLENGESANDWAYFORWARD

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Challenges:LackofResearchandDevelopment
(R&D)Spending

0.33%
of
GDP

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http://data.worldbank.org
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SOURCE:NATIONALSCIENCEFOUNDATION,GRAPHIC:HANSBATCHER
POOREDUCATIONALBASISAND
WEAKENEDPRIMARYSTRUCTURE
OutdatedCurriculum

InefficientTeachers

ModulebasedLearning

PassiveLearning

PoorEnrollment

UnabletomeetUPE

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POORPRIMARYENROLLMENT

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http://data.worldbank.org
LACKOFFEEDBACKLOOPWITH
THEJOBMARKET.

ProducingGraduateswithoutrecognizingthe
needs.

LackofUniversityIndustryCollaboration

CompromisestheAppliedResearch

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Articleby:Dr.AtaurRehman
OTHERCHALLENGES

BrainDrain

NoStandardaccreditationprocess
RendersthePakistaniDegreesworthlessinthe
world.

PlagiarizedResearch
No.ofResearchPapersv/sQualityResearchpapers

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Articleby:Dr.AtaurRehman
AWAYFORWARD:STRENGTHENING
THEFOUNDATIONS

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BETTERPRIMARYEDUCATION
STRUCTURE
AchieveUPE

ActivityBasedLearning

Handson,Mindson,HeartsonModelof
Learning
EngageinSmallGroups

CANTWAITTOLEARN

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www.educationinnovations.org
INTERNATIONALIZATIONOFPAKISTANI
HIGHEREDUCATIONSYSTEM
GlobalHigherEducationPartnerships
Dualandjointdegreesprogrammers:
Franchisingandvalidation:
Branchcampuses:

OnlineLearningModules:
SkypeConferencing
OnlineCertifications/Courses

MoreOutboundStudents,MoreInboundFaculty
andDelegations
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www.britishcouncil.org/highereducation
 QUALITYASSURANCE

TwoProngedStrategyregardingQuality
AssuranceforGreaterVigilance

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UNPLAGIRIZEDRESEARCH
OriginalResearchaccesstothebestJournalsand
PublicationsandInformationshouldbeensured.

HECshouldhaveamechanismofevaluatingthe
papersandshouldmakeanonlineportalfor
PakistaniResearchers.

LegislationandContractwithLeadingPublishers
onthebehalfofResearcher.

Fundingtoattendtheinternationalconferences.

Foreigncollaborationforconductingresearch. 37

ARTICLEBYPARVEZHOODBHOYThePakistanDevelopmentReview
48:4PartII(Winter2009)pp.581594
 IMPROVINGTEACHINGQUALITY

FacilitatorsinsteadofInstructors
FLIPPEDLEARNINGMODEL

IncubatingCenters

FacultyratioinTertiaryEducationshouldbe
(15:1)

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 STATEOWNEDPOLICIES

ToBringUniformitytotheHigherEducation
System.
ToBuildbettercollaborationsaroundtheworld.
MalaysianInitiativeofPatronagetotheuniversities

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