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    Webinar Brief No. 9:2020: Future of Higher Education in Pakistan

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    Webinar Brief No.

    9:2020

    Future of Higher Education in Pakistan

    Pakistan is facing huge challenges when it comes to higher education.


    This is most starkly visible when we consider the fact that the number
    of students enrolling in institutions of higher learning has reached
    unprecedented levels, and yet the quality of education has not been
    upgraded. It was in this context that the Pakistan Institute of
    Development Economics (PIDE) organized a webinar on the “Future
    of Higher Education in Pakistan.”
    Key Messages

     One of the guest speakers, Dr. Zain-ul-Abidin, who is the Director-General at the
    Research & Development Unit of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), was quite
    optimistic about the future of higher education in Pakistan. He emphasized that the level
    of exploration in the field of education has already brought to our attention many deep-
    rooted issues such as the relevance of educational programs being offered and their quality.
     However, any such efforts remain handicapped by a relative paucity of resources for
    education. Currently, the budget allocated i.e Rs. 77.262 billion in the federal budget
    2019-20, which is now 20.5% reduced, has significantly affected the quality of education
    in Pakistan.
     China’s development model, often cited in developing countries, relied on a heavy state
    investment in education – including the ability to generate top-quality research. Now,
    Pakistan’s HEC is working hard to develop and run educational programs that are oriented
    towards being relevant to industries and developing the most vital skills.
     We simply cannot achieve these designated goals unless universities start working as
    anchors of change in society. It is often hoped that they might produce policy-makers up
    to the ministerial level – and yet, for instance, we often struggle to find a single economist
    who could be assigned the role of finance minister.
     Pakistani society’s class divides are reflected most strongly in educational access and
    opportunities. Our very standards of education are divided: with students of British O/A
    levels often seen as brighter than the students of the state’s own Matric/FS.c system. This
    culture creates a dichotomy in society – and in the final analysis affects educational
    outcomes and the possibility for research. Those who received a better and more
    marketable education simply move out of the country, leading to the oft-mentioned brain
    drain.
     Asymmetries and inequalities in access to education are seen just as much in a gender gap.
    One of the participants at the webinar highlighted a study in which it was claimed that even
    with an education up to merely Matric level, Pakistani women would be much better
    equipped to handle maternity-related health problems and infant mortality.
     We need a uniform education system – which could be a solution to the problems of our
    education system. But before any strategy can work, we need a change of mindset from the
    policy-makers down to the basic units of society.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f1yDBZX_GU&feature=emb_logo

    Prepared by

    Alweena Hasan
    MPhil Scholar, PIDE

    Design and Edited by Hafsa Hina

    www.pide.org.pk webinars@pide.org.pk 92-51-9248051 92-51-9428065

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