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The study was carried out to explore the trends in professional education in the middle class society of Karachi. The present study not only reviews the indicators of a middle class society of Karachi but also explores the interest and aptitude of parents and students belonging to this social class regarding the selection of professional education for future endeavors. The data collected from parents and students through questionnaire discovered their views about trends, factors affecting the decision of career choice and the awareness about different programs of professional studies. The stratified random sample technique was used to identify sample and proportional allocation method was used for sample size. 380 students and 315 parents participated in the study whereas 05 professionals were interviewed for having a better insight of the problem. To study the trends in Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering and commerce studies, records of 10 year enrollment and results of Intermediate were analyzed. The study explored that parents think that financial management, Medicine and Engineering are relatively more demanding professions than Teaching and other branches of Humanities. Majority of parents preferred to choose Medicine or Engineering and their children were also aiming for the same profession. However, most of the professionals thought that every profession has a worth it depending on need of the time. The document review showed that students’ enrollment in last 10 years significantly increased in Commerce whereas in Pre-Medical and Pre-Engineering there is an increasing trend in first five years from 2001 to 2005 but in the last five years showed fluctuation. The 10 years results showed that the success trend is consistent throughout 10 years in all three groups and the trend for achievement level of grade A & A-1 is also consistent, however achievement level is extremely low in Commerce group as compared to Pre-Medical and Pre-Engineering. The group means were compared through One-way-ANOVA whereas chi-square test of independence was used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that there exist no association between the factors, money and friendship with gender when selecting a profession whereas parental and teacher influences were found associated with gender. The study revealed that there should be parental involvement while taking decision about career, however, 51% parents believed that friendship is an influential factor while selecting a profession. The study strongly recommended the appointment of qualified career counselor in secondary schools for students and suitable measures to be taken by the government for the provision of the necessities before they join professional institutions.
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