CHANGING DYNAMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Universities and higher educational institutions are the most important producers of knowledge, which is the driving force for prosperity and increased standard of living. Education is the only system which ensures continuous availability of higher level expertise and trained manpower, unfortunately, in almost all the national development plan, it is considered to be competitive with mass literacy and primary education.

Higher Education in Pakistan is faced with multifarious problems.

Higher Education has a positive and negative affect on economic growth and unemployment respectively.

Teachers who have received training are better instructors then those who have not received.

An International language should be compulsory at all levels.

Higher education is meant to develop the ability of a student to think clearly, logically and honestly and to promote clear and critical thinking skills in student; the teacher himself/herself needs to be very much clear in his /her capabilities, duties and responsibilities. The quality of higher education includes the physical facilities as well as the faculty, curriculum and the actual dynamics of teaching and learning. The target of quality higher education can only be achieved by bringing some revolutionary changes to ensure better planning, more funding, enhanced physical facilities, on going monitoring, meaningful research, good faculty, faculty training, relevant syllabus, effective classroom dynamics and better educational governance.

Quality is the means through which an institution can guarantee with confidence and certainty, that the standards of its educational provision are being maintained and enhanced.