Toward higher studies in business schools

The change has been a constant phenomenon in educationist. However, it has been comparatively very slow in developing countries like Pakistan, where a need to prepare professionals with a blend of traditional and modern skills is still there. Presently, eight universities have been offering regular programs. However, there are serious quality issues regarding faculty, curriculum development, infrastructure, assessments, etc. in these programs. Nonetheless, for the last few years, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is pushing hard to induce and maintain the quality of higher education.

The paper gives a brief account of the present scenario of post graduate programs, identifies the basic issues regarding quality and information education in Pakistan, and suggests the possible measures for Quality Assurance within Pakistan. The multi method approach was used to collect the data for this study based on survey-interviews focus-group discussions with peers and observation and experience of author.