Challenges and Opportunities for Students at Higher Educational Level A Case Study of University of Balochistan
Keywords:
Students achievements, career counseling, family income, demography, higher education, gender discrimination.Abstract
The present research work is based on the student’s perceptions about
their present and future achievements viz a viz in the academic and job
career. The research examines that what hindrances and opportunities
young disciples have as options to fulfill so that they could excel in their
careers. The research is designed in such a way that it would answer the
key questions that how their social, economic, gender and academic
backgrounds have affected the students struggle of fulfilling their dreams
of good academic and future career. This article provides an insight into
the understandings of the students themselves about the issues of their
career and expected solutions. The research work is based on the case
study of University of Balochistan and it has been endeavored that both
the genders should get an equal chance of giving their opinion regarding
the issue which primarily concerns them. A questioner was designed
through random sampling it was distributed among the students of
university and then the data was analyzed through SPSS and results were
interpreted which suggests that its external factors which students feel
more troublesome than the internal ones
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