Boarding Issues facing by Girls during their Academic Career: A Pareto Analysis

Abstract

It commonly believes that boarding system is decorum where students get bundle of knowledge and experience. It is the precious time of life when the students live without their families with an anonymous one and gain experience about struggle for survival ship. During the boarding life students face lot of hurdles and problems. Boarding life taught how to face the challenges and pursue their career smoothly. Boarding system is the combination of values and culture. This study aims to explore the major problems or hindrance faces by the boarder girls during their academic career. Through literature survey ten problems are extracted and explored. The data for this study is collected from the higher education institutions in Pakistan. It was quantitative study. The data is collected through survey based designed close structured questionnaire. One hundred responds were collected in this study. The analysis was done through pie chart, bar chart and Pareto analysis in SPSS. The results reveal that the most focusing problem is over occupancy. The number of boarders is great than the capacity. The second most evaluated issue was unavailability of library facilities or improper space for study. This study recommended that university should redesign and revise their boarding polices and provide a better place for girls where they can live and study freely.