Admissions to the University of Peshawar are declining.
Any nation hoping to escape the current state of domestic instability is losing hope as the University of Peshawar’s bachelor’s program admission rates continue to decline. A sizable population of students should definitely be educated and trained in a wide variety of subjects for the higher education system to lead any country toward socioeconomic progress and overall development.
The University of Peshawar (UoP), which was established in 1950, was also known as the parent university of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Nevertheless, in more recent times, a decline in the quality of education combined with ineffective administrative and academic practices has resulted in a drastic drop in admission rates in all departments, of which ten, including the departments of Philosophy, Gender Studies, History, Pashto and Social Work, have no students at all.
The University of the Peshawar (UoP) has seen an unprecedented drop in enrollment to its Bachelor of Science (BS) program, according to documents obtained by The Express Tribune. This year, the program has only enrolled 3000 students across 53 different faculties, which is half of its previous rate of enrolment. As a result, the university is losing Rs118 million.
Educationist Shah Nawaz Khan believed that the UoP’s mismanagement during the previous five years had resulted in a severe shortage of financial resources.
Parents and students now believe that earning a UOP degree is not only unnecessary but also costly because of the constant protests by teachers and other staff members. The quality of education is also declining daily, and there aren’t many resources available to students on campus. Moreover, the university has been operating without a permanent vice chancellor to oversee its operations for the past year,” expressed sadness to Khan.
However, Dr. Muhammad Uzair, President of the Peshawar University Teachers Association, contended that in addition to inadequate management, the declining admissions rates at UoP could also be linked to the expansion of less expensive universities that charged far less for BS degrees.
“Why would students choose a university which costs at least Rs70,000 when they can earn a degree for just Rs12,000?” Dr. Uzair questioned.
The University of Peshawar’s pro-vice chancellor, Dr. Muhammad Saleem, asserted in an interview with the Express Tribune that a number of causes could account for the institution’s dropping admissions rate.
The government hasn’t been providing funding to the education sector for a while, so the institution had to raise tuition, which decreased admittance rates. In order to draw in more students in the upcoming years, the UoP would evaluate its entrance cost policy, he promised.
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