Abstract:
Abstract: The study seeks to consider socio-economic background of the students
enrolled at PU with a view to assessing individual performances and improvements.
The assessment covers comparative achievements of different school of PU namely
Business, Engineering and Liberal Arts and Social Science. Since performances of
the students depend on the University curricula and quality of the faculties and also
on parent/ guardian’s income level, gender, religion, accommodation arrangement,
past academic background and socio-economic and cultural status, the paper tries to
statistically evaluate comparative importance of factors behind their performances.
The analysis attempted to collect data through population survey (SIMS), but had to
rely on random sample survey as required data were not available in SIMS, and
regressions were run to evaluate comparative importance of the factors. The results
showed that parents’ income and father’s education level have influence on
academic performance of a student. Past academic track records of the students
plays an important role in University achievements. Business School seems to be
performing better than other schools. Further, the results recommend choice of
career preferences of the students, opportunities and alternative options for better
job opportunities. As most students were found to prefer job and Business students
like it in banks/financial institutions and Engineering students in construction and
telecommunications industries, the University may be recommended to take
appropriate policy package.
