Department of Public Administration
University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan
University of Karachi, Karachi-Pakistan
By Dr. S. Shabib ul Hasan, Survey Leader
AND THE TEAM
Dr. Akhtar Baloch, Supervisor
AND THE TEAM
Dr. Akhtar Baloch, Supervisor
Survey Objectives:
This training need assessment survey is conducted to evaluate the current facilities at the college level in Pakistan with specific objective of introducing governance related courses. Research focuses on availability of Teaching Faculty and College infrastructure, such as class rooms, Library, level and degree of education offered and academic disciplines etc.
Survey Design & Techniques:
Survey Design & Techniques:
The survey was designed to collected quantitative data through a structured questionnaire with closed ended questions design. Two different forms were used. Form A was designed for collecting data related to college structure and Form B, for teaching faculties and courses and degrees offered.
To generate qualitative data interviews were conducted from college principals and civil servants using unstructured questionnaires. Focus group workshops were conducted in Karachi, Hyderabad and Khuzdar with the teaching of colleges from all the three regions. In this regard faculty who are teaching courses on Civics and Pakistan Studies were focused in case of Intermediate level.
Courses like Political Science, Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Education, Business Administration, Public Policy and other social sciences were focused in case of Bachelors and Masters Level.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This baseline research on training needs assessment (TNA) for instituting governance as elective subject / course in public colleges in Pakistan. This study was carried out to evaluate the existing teaching capacity of the teaching faculty, and college Infrastructure and provide recommendation for introducing Governance courses at that level.
Currently governance is not taught as a course in any level, therefore, the capacity of teaching faculty was evaluated on the basis of relevant courses, such as Civics / Political Science and Pakistan Studies. The teaching faculty of Civics and Political Science are available only in Faculty of Arts; therefore, Pakistan Studies was used as the yard stick to measure the capacity.
Secondly, Pakistan Studies is a compulsory course in every discipline at college level and therefore, faculties engaged in this course are available at all levels.
Based on findings of the study our research team, it was recommended that need for Infra –structural in public sector colleges has to be addressed. Course material and books are to be developed in both the languages (Urdu and English). If course/s related to Governance has to be introduced, colleges with only sciences disciplines must be given serious thought because the colleges with social sciences and commerce may be able to overcome these deficiencies of teaching with the relevant and available teaching faculty. Teaching faculty must Trained before Governance course is to be introduced. Finally, it was concluded that it is feasible to introduce governance courses at college level in Pakistan.
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TNA at College Level:
ReplyDeleteWould like to discuss and understand in the meeting as to why Pakistan Studies was chosen as the closest proxy for governance.
The baseline research on TNA of Public Colleges conducted by Department of Public Administration, University of Karachi is found to be least impressive, as the research seems that it has lost the direction and the research somehow focus more on Pakistan Studies, and its faculty and its related problems. Furthermore it also repeats the same issues of less qualified teachers more libraries, lack of infrastructure and more funding.
ReplyDeleteThe study does not give a direction as to how the courses related to Governance and Public Policy be introduced as electives and only mentions that some aspects is covered in Civics and Pakistan Studies. Another aspect it is again focusing on management issues rather than on governance.
Lastly in the importance of subjects mentioned it seems that Governance is just added before Pakistan Studies and in reality the focus was never on Governance and Public Policy as it is mentioned last in the list of priority subjects.
Lastly the comment made that social science current faculty is well equipped to teach Governance and Public Policy, is in my opinion is a biased and narrow statement, as Pakistan currently lack good faculty to teach this without proper training and some background knowledge in terms of education of Governance and Public Policy.