SUKKURIBA: A Change Agent for Societal Transformation

Abstract

Purpose: Worldwide, it has been established that behind every societal change, education reform is a key accelerator in order to flourish the economy. The education system in Pakistan faces longstanding issues especially in rural areas of the provinces. The young cohort is facing multitude of problems because of the demented state of education in rural Sindh. The paramount factors behind the sinking image of interior Sindh were students deprived with basic education and the gap that existed between the education and employment sectors i.e. unemployed youth. On the contrary, an institute situated in such badly maintained rural area, gained the status of the 3rd best business school of Pakistan as of the H.E.C. ranking of 2013, namely Sukkur IBA. How this institute created the threshold of growth in the interior region of Sindh is the major aim of the study. Sukkur IBA played a role of change agent for the societal and educational transformation in the community of interior Sindh.