Globalisation and higher education in Pakistan

Higher education in Pakistan is in process of restructuring as an influence of neoliberal process which is at the present time, in practice. The changes are also shaping notions regarding the role of universities and policy structure fundamental in the higher education. The paper will review policy reforms which lay emphasis on self-financing and privatisation by increasing fee structures in universities along with the issues of quality and quantity in university education. This method of high fee structures has serious social and political concerns and harms the idea of higher education as a public good. The educational policies linking to Pakistani higher education system will be outlined that are in result of the changes in the knowledge economy and the globalisation of higher education. The rationale of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the modifications that have occurred in the higher education system in Pakistan. For competing in the globalized knowledge economy, the existing fiscal, curricular and institutional reforms are intended at modifying the functions and structure of universities in the national economy. These policies will be analyzed to emphasize on a stance on public financing that is clear in the reformation of higher education in Pakistan.