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Quality of University Computing Education: Perception of Pakistani Students

Author Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Computer Science, Bahria University Islamabad, PAKISTAN

Res. J. Recent Sci., Volume 2, Issue (7), Pages 24-30, July,2 (2013)

Abstract

Quality in higher education is important in today’s knowledge economy. Countries can improve their economies by fostering knowledge based exports. Developing countries have extensive youth force and quality education can transform them into an active resource for their countries. Computing is an important discipline and quality graduates in this domain can actively participate in increasing software exports. In this paper we investigated Pakistani students in computing discipline to understand the level of quality. The findings of the survey suggest overall quality of teaching in Pakistani higher education institutions in increasing, but there are some minor areas of concerns which should be improved. The findings of this paper help education planners in Pakistan to improve learning among students.

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