An evaluation report on comparison

Between

Bahria University Islamabad

&

Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi

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An evaluation report on comparisonBetween Bahria University Islamabad &Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi

Submitted by:

Arslan AliShehryar AslamQaiser Mehmood

Rashid Ali

Course:

MBA-01

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Air University Islamabad

Submitted to: Date: 16-04-2009Ms. Abida Hasan Signature:Dean Faculty of Humanities

TO: Ms. Abida Hasan

From: Arslan Ali Shehryar Aslam Qaiser Mehmood Rashid Ali

Date: April 16, 2009

Subject: Comparison & Evaluation between educational institutions in Government and Private Sectors

Here is the report of student survey you asked me to prepare.

The report provides the comparison between Bahria University & Fatima Jinnah Women University . It is based on the survey analyses of both the universities, conducted by our team. We appreciate the opportunity to complete this task from you. We are sure that the results will help us understanding the major differences between government and private sectors education.

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Executive Summary

With the creation of the state of Pakistan in 1947, only one university existed on the Pakistani side of the partition line--the University of the Punjab. In the ensuing 50 years of statehood, expanding tertiary education enrollments have outpaced the construction of new colleges and universities. Today, Pakistan has 28 public and private universities.

The goal of project was to make comparison between universities of government and private sectors, i.e. Fatima Jinnah Women University and Bahria university, the facilities being provided, the problems being faced, the level of education and everything which should be associated with higher education.

Questionnaires were chosen as the primary method of data collection. These questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected students, parents of the students, faculty members and management of both the universities. Through different questions, students, faculty members, parents and management were asked to provide their thoughts about the level of education being provided, satisfactory syllabus, adequate facilities on campus and a lot more.

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In government sector i.e. Fatima Jinnah university, the level of education was found satisfactory but overall students and parents were not happy about the facilities being provided on campus and very less exposure to extracurricular activities which enhance students’ capabilities.

In private sector i.e. Bahria university, level of education and the syllabus was found satisfactory but students and parents didn’t seem much satisfied about the capabilities of faculty members i.e. most of the faculty members are inexperienced. Extracurricular activities and sports and other events are conducted frequently and everyone was found satisfied in this specific regard.

The major difference between the two universities is emphasis on personal grooming and development of communication skills. Something which was not found in Fatima Jinnah university though the students were brilliant but couldn’t express themselves well enough while students from Bahria university might not be bookworms but were exceptionally good at communication skills and most of them have well polished personalities.

It is recommended that students of Fatima Jinnah university should be provided with good extracurricular activities and other events should be conducted frequently to prepare them to face the challenges of the modern society and job market.

On the other hand, the faculty of Bahria university should be improved and experienced teaching staff should be hired and university should build a vast campus as soon as possible to overcome the problem of increasing number of students.

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CONTENTS

Page LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………….

LIST OF FIGURES…………………………………………………….......

CHAPTER 1, INTRODUCTION………………………………………….

Background………………………………………………………... Statement of purpose………………………………………………

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Statement of problem………………………………………………

Scope & Limitations………………………………………………

Research Procedures…………………………………………….....

CHAPTER II, FINDINGS………………………………………………..

Ease of finding textbooks……………………………………….....

Availability of textbooks………………………………………….

Process of Checkout……………………………………………...

CHAPTER III, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS……...

Conclusions………………………………………………………

Recommendations………………………………………………..

NOTES…………………………………………………………………..

REFERENCES…………………………………………………………..

APPENDIXES…………………………………………………………… Appendix 1: Questionnaires………………………………………

Appendix 2: Total number of responses per question……………. Appendix 3: Percent of total responses per question………….......

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1:

TABLE 2:

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TABLE 3:

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1:

FIGURE 2:

FIGURE 3:

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Pakistan currently suffers from large fiscal and trade deficits, the absence of a strong middle class and weak foreign investment. Economic growth is sluggish with 48 million Pakistanis (33 percent of the population) living below the poverty line. A mere

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2.6 per cent of the population is enrolled in higher education, and adult literacy hovers around 43 percent. Yet despite these bleak statistics, the country has paradoxically witnessed a tremendous surge over the past decade or so in the number of colleges and universities. The vast majority of the new institutions are private.

For many years now the public sector has been unable to keep up with the demand for higher education. Student enrollments grow sharply with each year, as the benefits of earning a college degree become more evident, especially in the business and high tech sectors. By the year 2010, it is estimated that Pakistan will need to accommodate 1.3 million students at the tertiary level.

Background:

Since 1999, the higher education in Pakistan is growing smoothly and swiftly. As a result, a number of institutions i.e. colleges, universities and technical education institutes have been developed, mostly by private sector. In fact, it is considered to be the best business i.e. money with honor.

This mushroom growth is definitely harmful for the quality of education and more emphasis is on the quantity of institutions where we have dozens of new universities producing hundreds of thousands of graduates every year and jobless, mostly because of lack of quality education being provided by such institutions.

Fatima Jinnah University, located in Rawalpindi, is one of the most prestigious universities in the government sector and the only women university providing quality education. As in all other government organizations in Pakistan, this university is too good on papers but practical situation is a bit different and the people concerned with this university are not much satisfied.

Bahria University, located in Islamabad, is probably the best university in private sector and has a well known market value for producing quality graduates in different disciplines. But being a private university, the emphasis is more on making money than providing quality education and following the slogan of “Serving

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the nation”. Obviously, you don’t serve the nation when you are being paid heavily by the students.

Statement of Purpose:

The purpose of the project was to find the actual situation, other than the situation being portrayed by both of the universities. A good university should provide not only quality education with experienced and capable faculty members but also students should be encouraged to take part in extracurricular activities so as to develop their personal, interpersonal, communication and managerial skills.

This report can provide a good picture of the differences between higher education in government and private sectors and it may help those who really want to do something good about providing the “Actual Education” in Pakistan and to everyone, regardless of racism, financial conditions, balance of advantage etc.

Statement of problem:

To what extent are the students, their parents, teachers and the management are satisfied overall, what their concerns are and what are the basic elements a university must have.

How well planned the syllabi are in order to meet the modern requirements?

How experienced, capable and dedicated the faculty is?

What are the facilities being provided on campus by the university?

What kind of extracurricular activities are being provided?

Is the teacher, student and parents triangle working efficiently?

Scope & limitations:

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This research project focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Fatima Jinnah University and Bahria University. The study investigates various factors including, the quality of education, capability of faculties, on campus facilities, students’ attitudes towards studies, exposure of students to outside market, extracurricular activities and a lot more.

The respondents were selected randomly from both of the universities, equal in number from each university. Although the selection procedure was random but focus was on senior students as they might know well about their university and the secondary focus was on 1st semester students who joined the university having expectations in their minds.

The questionnaires were filled out by the students at different places, mostly in cafeteria and benches in the lawn. Few of the students wished to keep the questionnaires with them so as to answer the questions in detail. Students were given the questionnaires having questions to the parents. Faculty members were contacted inside their offices and same went with management of the university.

The response was good overall and no one hesitated in filling out the questionnaires except a few students and couple of management members. The questionnaires were collected back on the spot but for the parental questionnaires, time of one week was given and the questionnaires were collected after seven days.

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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Pakistan currently suffers from large fiscal and trade deficits, the absence of a strong middle class and weak foreign investment. Economic growth is sluggish with 48 million Pakistanis (33 percent of the population) living below the poverty line. A mere 2.6 per cent of the population is enrolled in higher education, and adult literacy hovers around 43 percent. Yet despite these bleak statistics, the country has paradoxically witnessed a tremendous surge over the past decade or so in the number of colleges and universities. The vast majority of the new institutions are private.

For many years now the public sector has been unable to keep up with the demand for higher education. Student enrollments grow sharply with each year, as the benefits of earning a college degree become more evident, especially in the business and high tech sectors. By the year 2010, it is estimated that Pakistan will need to accommodate 1.3 million students at the tertiary level.

Background:

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Since 1999, the higher education in Pakistan is growing smoothly and swiftly. As a result, a number of institutions i.e. colleges, universities and technical education institutes have been developed, mostly by private sector. In fact, it is considered to be the best business i.e. money with honor.

This mushroom growth is definitely harmful for the quality of education and more emphasis is on the quantity of institutions where we have dozens of new universities producing hundreds of thousands of graduates every year and jobless, mostly because of lack of quality education being provided by such institutions.

Fatima Jinnah University, located in Rawalpindi, is one of the most prestigious universities in the government sector and the only women university providing quality education. As in all other government organizations in Pakistan, this university is too good on papers but practical situation is a bit different and the people concerned with this university are not much satisfied.

Bahria University, located in Islamabad, is probably the best university in private sector and has a well known market value for producing quality graduates in different disciplines. But being a private university, the emphasis is more on making money than providing quality education and following the slogan of “Serving the nation”. Obviously, you don’t serve the nation when you are being paid heavily by the students.

Statement of Purpose:

The purpose of the project was to find the actual situation, other than the situation being portrayed by both of the universities. A good university should provide not only quality education with experienced and capable faculty members but also students should be encouraged to take part in extracurricular activities so as to develop their personal, interpersonal, communication and managerial skills.

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This report can provide a good picture of the differences between higher education in government and private sectors and it may help those who really want to do something good about providing the “Actual Education” in Pakistan and to everyone, regardless of racism, financial conditions, balance of advantage etc.

Statement of problem:

To what extent are the students, their parents, teachers and the management are satisfied overall, what their concerns are and what are the basic elements a university must have.

How well planned the syllabi are in order to meet the modern requirements?

How experienced, capable and dedicated the faculty is?

What are the facilities being provided on campus by the university?

What kind of extracurricular activities are being provided?

Is the teacher, student and parents triangle working efficiently?

Scope & limitations:

This research project focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of Fatima Jinnah University and Bahria University. The study investigates various factors including, the quality of education, capability of faculties, on campus facilities, students’ attitudes towards studies, exposure of students to outside market, extracurricular activities and a lot more.

The respondents were selected randomly from both of the universities, equal in number from each university. Although the selection procedure was random but focus was on senior students as they might know well about their university and the secondary focus was on 1st semester students who joined the university having expectations in their minds.

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The questionnaires were filled out by the students at different places, mostly in cafeteria and benches in the lawn. Few of the students wished to keep the questionnaires with them so as to answer the questions in detail. Students were given the questionnaires having questions to the parents. Faculty members were contacted inside their offices and same went with management of the university.

The response was good overall and no one hesitated in filling out the questionnaires except a few students and couple of management members. The questionnaires were collected back on the spot but for the parental questionnaires, time of one week was given and the questionnaires were collected after seven days.

Research Procedures:

Questionnaires were the primary means of data collection for the evaluation of comparison between Fatima Jinnah University and Bahria University. The questionnaires were designed to evaluate various factors from both of the universities including quality of education, compatibility of syllabi, capability and dedication of faculty members, loyalty of students towards their education, satisfaction of the parents, on-campus facilities, extracurricular activities etc. The information that forms the basis for the evaluation was collected by following these specific steps:

Step 1:

The management, faculty members and senior students from both of the universities were contacted and the management was asked for the permission to conduct the survey..

Step 2:

Four different types of questionnaires were developed and distributed among students, their parents, faculty members and the university management in which they were generally asked about the quality of education being provided, capability and

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dedication of faculty members, students’ approach towards studies, on-campus facilities, extracurricular activities etc.

Step 3:

Respondents were randomly chosen but students from the senior classes were preferred generally. Few of the students were given the questionnaires for their parents as well. Faculty members were also selected randomly but the management was contacted specifically according to their nature of responsibilities.

Step 4:

The questionnaires from the parents were collected after seven days and the primary mean of collecting data sample was completed.

Step 5:

The raw data was compiled and aligned according to the nature of data collected.

Step 6:

Data was also acquired from secondary sources such as newspapers, internet and some personal contacts from inside the universities.

Step 7:

Results were carefully evaluated, comparisons were made, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made.

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CHAPTER II

FINDINGS

Two universities are selected. Bahria University represents the private sector and Fatima Jinnah Women University represents the government sector.40 questionnaires were sent to each university, 10 for students, 10 for parents, 10 for administration and 10 for teachers.

Students and teachers prefer which institution either private or government?

Students: Teachers:

00000

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60% 40%60% 40%

50%

50%

50%

50%

Students:

60% prefer Private institution.

40% prefer government institution.

Teachers:

50% prefer Private institution.

50% prefer government institution.

Are students satisfied with their institution and teachers?

Students: In Bahria: In FJWU:

In Bahria, 70% students are satisfied with their institution.

In FJWU, only 45% students are satisfied with their institution.

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70% 30% 70% 30%

55% 45% 55% 45%

Teachers:

In Bahria: In FJWU:

In Bahria, 75% Teachers are satisfied with their institution.

In FJWU, 60% Teachers are satisfied with the institution.

Are students and teachers satisfied with the management of their institutions?

Students:

In Bahria: In FJWU:

In Bahria, 40% students are satisfied with their management.

In FJWU, 50% students are satisfied with the management.

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75% 35%75% 35%

60% 40% 60% 40%

60% 40%60% 40%

50% 50%50% 50%

Teachers:

In Bahria: In FJWU:

In Bahria, 80% Teachers are satisfied with their management.

In FJWU, 75% Teachers are satisfied with their management.

Are parents of the students satisfied with institution and teachers?

Parents: In Bahria: In FJWU:

In Bahria, 70% parents are satisfied with their institution.

In FJWU, only 45% parents are satisfied with their institution.

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80% 20%80% 20%

75% 25%75% 25%

70% 30% 70% 30%

55% 45% 55% 45%

CHAPTER III

CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

Right from inception, higher education in Pakistan has ever remained plagued with problems as there are not enough universities in government sector to cope the growing number of students. Exploiting the dilapidated situation, the private sector has jumped in to mint money by compromising the future of the forthcoming generation in the absence of comprehensive regime for private sector.

If the government universities are short listed, there doesn’t remain an encouraging figure but Fatima Jinnah is an exception as the management has been doing the best to maintain the standards.

There are a very small number of universities which are excelling the private sector as well i.e. Bahria University.

Conclusions:

The following conclusions are based on an examination of the findings presented in Chapter 2:

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1. The syllabus being taught at Fatima Jinnah University merely meets the modern day requirements and most of the respondents were found dissatisfied with the situation. At Bahria University, the syllabus consists of mostly the books written by foreign authors and most of the respondents were found satisfied with the quality of syllabus being taught.

2. The faculty members at Fatima Jinnah University are highly qualified and vastly experienced. Most of them hold doctorate and M. Phil degrees as well. So there was no question about capability of faculty members. At Bahria University, inexperienced faculty was the major issue raised by most of the students.

3. Inadequacy of library material, lab equipment, hostel facilities and cafeteria were the problems raised by almost all of the students at Fatima Jinnah University. Transport service and hostel facilities are not provided by Bahria University and students and their parents were found dissatisfied at the negligence of university management.

4. Fee structure at Fatima Jinnah University is quite affordable being a government University and there was no issue raised by any of the respondents. At Bahria University, the fee structure is high and students and their parents were found a lot concerned about the fee structure.

5. Extracurricular activities are very limited at Fatima Jinnah University and except the management, all other respondents showed high concerns over the issue. At Bahria University, such activities are more than enough and students are exceptionally good at communication and interpersonal skills generally.

6. Sports facilities are very limited at Bahria University i.e. table tennis, basketball and volley ball. More sports should be introduced and facilities should be provided to the

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students. Sports tournaments should be conducted to enhance students’ capabilities in the sports field. This is essential to develop a sports loving nation.

Recommendations:

Based on the preceding analysis and conclusions, the following actions are recommended:

1. Syllabi should be reviewed and restructured at both universities in general and at Fatima Jinnah University in specific. A committee of senior educationists should be given the task to renew the syllabi in order to meet modern requirements.

2. Experienced and highly qualified faculty should be hired at Bahria University and this should be done on pure merit.

3. On-campus facilities should be increased. Transport facility should be provided by the universities. Libraries and labs should be run by professionals and the material and equipment should be maintained to provide best possible facilities to the students. Cafeteria at Fatima Jinnah University does not provide quality food stuff and there should be a check on it.

4. Sports facilities are very limited at Bahria University and very few games are being played and this problem should be solved by introducing more sports activities and events.

5. Extracurricular activities should be promoted at Fatima Jinnah University to erase the introvert image of the

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university and to compete in the market as Bahria University is doing. This helps not only in grooming the students’ skills but also in pursuit of jobs after completion of education.

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