Awareness and Acceptance of Pakistan’s Vision 2025 Challenges among University Employees

Abstract

Pakistan’s Vision 2025 gives a visible direction to the people of Pakistan as they are struggling to achieve developed nation status. This desired future state was expressed by the Minister for Planning, Development and Reform, Ahsan Iqbal presentation at launch of Pakistan Vision 2025 ceremony in August 2014. All private and public societies, in their planning and development are being directed to line up their goals and objectives with those of the Vision in order to attain the desired outcome. All Pakistani people are preparing to equip themselves with the needs and requirements expressed as necessary to achieve the goal of the Vision. The employees of universities can only be valuable tool of this effort if they are aware and accept the Challenges of Vision 2025. Acceptance of these Challenges and how employee perceives of the difficulties in meeting them are very important as this will indicate their knowledge and understanding, as well as their willingness to share the Vision and their readiness to deal with any obstacles in realizing it. In this study total 150 questionnaires were distributed to employees both in academic and admin group of two Universities in Vehari. Employees’ responses were measured using a five point Likert-type scale. The data was analyzed to determine any significant relationship and differences among variables. The findings indicated the Vision is accepted and has been well communicated. Programs and actions related to the role of the universities in assisting the nation to realize the Vision were discussed.