Pakistan's Higher Education: Problems and Solutions 

Sharing with Prof. Dr. Hoodbhoy. I am a NED graduate (1978). A few days before leaving the University I noticed a new face in our Faculty. Merely out curiosity I walked into his òffice and introduced myself. I learnt the he had left NESPAK join NED. A bit surprised I enquired his motive to leave NESPAK, perceived to be a prestigious national organization. His response was frank and to the point. The workload at NESPAK was high and he joined NED to relax.

An enlightening talk. In my humble opinion there is a need to reduce the number of Universities (and medical colleges). Our of some 250 universities in the country no more than 10% are really universities. The rest are merely glorified schools and colleges. There is also a dire need to look into the quality of secondary and undergraduate education. Good graduate students cannot evolve from a weak undergraduate education system.

Thank you for doing this.

Quality in education, teaching , evaluation etc is easy to be said, emphasized upon but as Mr. Tariq has said it is very difficult to be defined or implanted as an project . Listening to this discussion I felt that quality is more an attitude rather than an commodity or quantifiable object . It is introduced largely as a will power of an individual supported by legacy and heritage of the school / college/ university one studies and institutions he works ! Being a student of well ranked university, a postgraduate and having worked in an Institution of excellence I really feel that quality also depends a lot on the turbiat of individual and social dynamics of the society he lives in . Quality in the education or jobwork doesn't arrive unless one is inspired by surroundings. As Mr. Tariq has said " Crooks and Clerks " is a very lethal combination to destroy or dilute the quality in any institution. This combination thrives in an environment of mediocrity, manipulations and greed . But wherever quality persists clerks respect the scholarship, knowledge, commitment, sincerity and experience of heads, teachers, professors and bright students.Such type if environment was created in 1800s and very much prevailed widely till 1970s. It still prevails in pockets in India and more widely in US and Western Europe . Good Teachers : the teacher who forces students to read more and search for references. One who inculcate reading habits. Our teachers were so good that many of us read our subject , once the exams were over in non-anxiety times . Preparations for examinations never gave the satisfaction of knowing . Actually this type of reading bred attitude for research, and was really useful during interviews for research positions or jobs offered by Public Service Commission. Reading definitely supports quality . Prof. Hoodbhy stating that lots of Indian Faculty in US : yes sir we were very fortunate to be taught by professors of your generation and older generations. In india till 1980s , most of the colleges and Universities teaching departments used to have good number of foreign returned professors like you. Then people used to return back after completing their education . During my PG studies I had 8 to 10 professors who had foreign degrees including PhDs. They indeed brought with them best academic , scientific , evaluation, teaching practices with them . Their links in their parents universities encouraged lots and lots of student's to go for higher education in US and Europe . Hoodbhy Sir, you have visited IISc, Benguluru, IIIT Hyderabad and must have met few professors of this type . There is huge academic collaboration with US and European universities, which is indeed beneficial to Indian students.

Professor Saleem Sb Mubarak ho aap ne bohat maloomati Program bari khoobsorti ke Saath pash Kya...Aapke ayend show ka intizar rahega. Ghalib Shah Sahib yaqeenan laiqe tehseen hein , Inka mutaleya or Riyaz wasi ha or Allah ne awaz bhi khoobsoorat di ha Allah aap dono ki umer draaz karey Aaameen.

Excellent discussion. 🙏

Kindly do proper editing , the breathing sound of speaker is disturbing , set the Mike properly

Three most important things at university level teaching: 1) Teacher must know thier subject properly. This problem exists in pak universities in hard sciences and engineering. 2) Teachers must know how to teach. Student evaluation is very important in all western universities. 3) At university level teaching one must publish in respectable journals.

QUALITY over QUANTITY is what required in #Education sector ! Jist of the whole session. Thank you #TBH for this thought provoking session.

Well done sir

Hello Professor! I want to attend your session. Kindly, guide me.

Job sy drna chahiye. Job lety huy dro. Mein ye kam ni kr skta. Mery nzdeek shayd is trha quality aa jay. Promotion sy dro.

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*نظام بدلنے کیلیئے الف سے شروع کرنا ھو گا الف مطلب اسٹیبلشمنٹ جب تک یہ ٹھیک نہیں ھونگے کچھ نہیں بدلے گا! یاد رکھیں یہ لوگ کبھی نہیں ٹھیک ھونگے جب تک* 🔴

sab say bara masla mery khayal say ya hay kay education system may unn logun ko anay ka moqa nahi dia jata jo deserve karty... blky pasa orsafarish dekhi bas

Sometimes the speaker's sound doesn't sound clear,

Assalam Alaikum Sir, I,m Abdul Sattar Dahri from Karachi. Sir mery ak ap ko suggestion/Request hy, Sir hamary ha sub sy zyada education problem ye bhi hy k, ak student ak time 3,4,5 degrees kar raha hota hy jab k ye sari degrees HEC ki tarf sy Verify hoti hen to HEC us student ki data py check kary k koe banda ak time ak sy zyada degrees nahi kar sakta to jab ak student ak degree py focus kary ga to us ka standard acha hoga us me quality education ae gi, bajae k ak sath 4/5 degrees karen, or ye jo ak sath itni degrees kar rahy hoty hn ye ak to bht rich /Middle class waly log hoty hn, or dusra ye Job k lie kar rahy hoty hn, jis ki waja sy Demerits hoti hen, Nepotism, Favouritism bht high level py hota hy, to Sir ap researcher ho ap agy awaaz uthao hum to students hn, me 2 years pehly BBA ki final year me tha to ak Teacher parha raha tha, jis ny bataya pehly University me Lecturer ki job k lie Graduation tha, ab Mphil, kal ko PhD hojae ga, or Sir mera sawal ye hy k jab PhD py puhinchy gy to phr agy koe degree ae gi Pakistan me????? To q na Graduate ko itna standard banaya jae k, us ki quality high hojae, j sy Sir ye kia jae 3 years Graduation academic or ak year standardized research us, except that research us ko degree na di jae to acha nahi hoga??? Or ya agr ye ho Graduation 5 years ka hojae jis ki marzee 4 years kary jis ki marzee 5 years ki kary, 5 years wali me ak year me research karwa k jo bht achi research kary us ko reward me kisi achy Institute me 1 year k lie Internship k lie bheja jae to us me bht achi quality ae gi, Sir kindly mujhy reply di jie ga me wt karon ga. Thankyou so much Sir Regard; Abdul Sattar Dahri BBA-17, HR

Give them *real world* problem to solve ... DARPA style thinking is needed in Pakistan instead of NSF style thinking.

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No text book

PHD from Harvard university

Why so few people in audience? Please have this discussion in India. There will be no standing place.

The titles itself is misleading … higher , education n Pakistan are three different worlds …… if jihad was a degree maybe then Pakistan wud have an education system

Evaluation of professor

Someone breathing when Mr Tariq was speaking is really annoying.

Professor evaluation

University me sabse bada masla religious zealots, Tablighi Jamaat waalon ka khabza hai

Problem kaha hai, sahi toh hai. Jannat hi toh jana hai pakistanio ko.

Can't follow your high class urdu

ایچ ای سی اگر یونیورسٹیز کے اندر مداخلت کرے تو یہ صوبائی خود مختاری کے سراسر خلاف ہے۔ یہ کام صوبوں کی منسٹری آف ایجوکیشن کا ہے۔ ایچ ای سی صرف فیڈرل یونیورسٹیز تک اپنے آپ کو محدود کرے۔ بصورت دیگر یہ خدمت نہیں ملکی نقصان ہے۔

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