Need of Quality research in Pakistan

Abstract

Research requires a cautious attention of study concerning a specific question or issue using scientific methods in a peaceful atmosphere as research is the method in which professors (scientists) spend their time to discover hidden facts.

Nowadays, students get worried when they hear the term Research! Our system failed to produce quality of research during last decade due to various reasons. Those who made this possible and published their research in an impact factor journal have failed to generalize it or making it externally valid (external validity) due to multiple factual inaccuracies.

Various factors are responsible for not producing a quality of research in institutions of Pakistan like lack of interest of students and academic staff, deficiency of high qualified research staff, lack of fully equipped research labs, lack of research funding and other enormous reasons.

According to a survey more than 90% of our universities have no proper environment of research. Not only, even if they have laboratories or research rooms that are not fully equipped. Research environment is a distant thing most of the academic staff of our institutions don’t know how to formulate a research question. I remember many professors went to abroad for post-doctoral research and produced high quality research and never came back. Almost exactly, there is another unpleasant reality behind the completion of research in the universities i.e., the people are paid to write less than no time the papers for those who paid them. Doing this malpractice can certainly aggravate an already pitfall-drenched situation.The teachers must not be involved in all three domains at the same time i.e., community service, teaching and research. The faculty should be divided into these three based upon their interest. It is a dire need to consider all the issues which hamper in producing high quality research. Education is the key to success we all know! There is need to develop and understand a research culture in Pakistan. It should be promoted in true spirit without the above mentioned mal practices. The real essence of research culture should flourish and all the teachers and researchers have to work for this cause.