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    This document discusses the ills affecting higher education in Pakistan. It identifies infrastructure, human resources, curriculum, teaching methodology, and examination issues. Factors contributing to these ills include budget constraints, commercialization of education, and corruption. Impacts include unemployment, lack of skills, economic damage, and social issues. Recommendations are to devise focused policies, increase education funding, improve resources and curriculum, reform bureaucracy, regulate commercialization, and leverage technology.

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    Higher Education in Pakistan Ills and Remedies

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    This document discusses the ills affecting higher education in Pakistan. It identifies infrastructure, human resources, curriculum, teaching methodology, and examination issues. Factors contributing to these ills include budget constraints, commercialization of education, and corruption. Impacts include unemployment, lack of skills, economic damage, and social issues. Recommendations are to devise focused policies, increase education funding, improve resources and curriculum, reform bureaucracy, regulate commercialization, and leverage technology.

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    Higher Education in Pakistan Issues and Remedies by Ashfaq Ahmed

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    This document discusses the ills affecting higher education in Pakistan. It identifies infrastructure, human resources, curriculum, teaching methodology, and examination issues. Factors contributing to these ills include budget constraints, commercialization of education, and corruption. Impacts include unemployment, lack of skills, economic damage, and social issues. Recommendations are to devise focused policies, increase education funding, improve resources and curriculum, reform bureaucracy, regulate commercialization, and leverage technology.

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    Higher Education in Pakistan Ills and Remedies

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    1.

    Introduction
    2. Types of Education
     Formal education
     Informal education

    3. An Overview of Higher Education Setup in Pakistan


     Statutory position
     Administrative system
     Institutes

    4. Ills Prevailing in Higher Education System of Pakistan


    A. Infrastructure-related Ills
     Lack of institutes
     Missing necessary facilities
     Overcharging by private-sector institutions

    B. Human Resource-related Ills


     Meagre strength of faculties
     Lack of motivation in members of faculty
     Lack of skills and expertise
     Meagre strength of support staff
     High dropout ratio at elementary level
    C. Curriculum-related Ills
     Curriculum not in consonance with domestic needs
     More focus on mere theories
     Presence of mistakes and errors
     Lack of analytical approach
     Uninteresting and monotonous descriptions
     No focus on character-building

    D. Teaching Methodology-related Ills


     Promotion and encouragement of cramming
     No focus on conceptual study
     Monotonous style of teaching

    E. Examination-related Ills
     No testing of analytical skills
     Use of unfair means in examination halls
     Inconsistent style of grading

    5. Factors Responsible for the Presence of Ills


     Budgetary constraints
     Myopic vision of the policymakers
     Distracted attention of the government
     Bureaucratic hurdles
     Poor growth of economy
     Commercialization of education
     Missing element of morality in the society
     Persistently-rampant corruption
     Incapacity of concerned HR departments

    6. Impacts of Flawed Higher Education System


     Unemployment and underemployment
     Lack of talent and skills
     Devastating impacts on different sectors of economy
     Deteriorated image of the state
     Social degradation
     Increase in lawlessness and crime

    7. Recommendations for the removal of Ills of the Higher Education


    Sector
     Devising sharply-focused, meticulously-planned and thoroughly-integrated
    policies
     Allocating reasonable budget to higher education
     Tapping of indigenous mineral, geographical and human resources to
    enhance the availability of funds
     Introduction of civil service reforms to improve the bureaucratic structure
     Mature, responsible and objective role of media for the upgrade of moral
    standards of the society
     Tightening the monitoring and regulatory mechanism to curb the
    commercialization of education
     Devising pragmatic policies for maximum utilization of available resources
     Focus on skills development of education- related human resource
     Annual revision and upgrade of curriculum
     Use of technology to improve the examination standards
     Attracting best brains to education sector by improving perks

    8. Conclusion

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