Problems of Semester System in Public Sector Universities of Pakistan

The purpose of this study is to know the opinion of students about the problems of semester system in public sector universities. The study is descriptive in nature; hence survey method for data collection was used. The sample of the study was comprised 300 (150 males and 150 females) students of post graduate level from education departments of BZU, UOE and UOG. We developed a questionnaire containing 30 statements for students named as SSQS. Descriptive statistics was used to find statement wise percentage, mean score and standard deviation of questionnaire. ANOVA was applied to find the difference among the opinions of the students of different universities and t- test was used to find the difference between male and female students' opinions. We found that semester system is conducive for learning, focusing on students and completion of course contents, timely feedback of students.