Open AccessSocial and Educational Challenges regarding the Promotion of Higher Education in Pakistan: An Analytical Study
Author(s) -
Khuda Bakhsh,
Safia Niazi,
Muhammad Hafeez,
Safdar Hussain Tahir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
wseas transactions on environment and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-3496
pISSN - 1790-5079
DOI - 10.37394/232015.2021.17.104
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , likert scale , government (linguistics) , ideology , scale (ratio) , order (exchange) , data collection , survey methodology , economic growth , political science , psychology , public relations , sociology , geography , business , social science , economics , politics , statistics , developmental psychology , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , mathematics , finance , law
Every nation has social aims which are belongs to their ideology. Education is one of the powerful source by which the real concept of ideology can be determined. This paper discusses the importance and need of the implementation and awareness of higher education in northern areas of Pakistan in order to bring attention from government sector to raise the budget and take economic measures to build educational institutions at graduate and post graduate level in order to globalize with the communities. The overall strategy of this study is quantitative and survey based. A total of 250 teachers were selected from 10 educational institutions of northern areas out of whole by random sampling. For data collection, a structured questionnaire based on “Likert Scale” containing 20 items served as the instrument of the study. Five hypotheses were made to evaluate results. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively using Correlation, Regression and Anova to explore the nonexistence economic condition of northern educational system. Results and findings suggested that the educational system of northern areas strongly need the surety of developed universities, sound economic opportunities and awareness regarding gender discrimination, skilled and trained instructors and administration, technological advancement to promote higher education system in northern areas of Pakistan.