EXPLORING THE POSTGRADUATES’ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATIONS REGARDING SD (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT): A RELATIONSHIP STUDY

Abstract

Current research is an attempt to scrutinize acknowledgement and implementation regarding SD among the postgraduates in district Lahore. Research on education for sustainable development awareness and practice has been gaining the momentum, especially with the urgency of addressing sustainability challenges globally. SD has grabbed the piece of attention in national and global context. Since 1992, Pakistan took forth steps to meet the SD goals. Population of interest was all postgraduates enrolled in the public institutes. To gather and report the study findings 600 postgraduate students were randomly selected from the six public universities as a study sample. Self-developed questionnaire consisting of 24 items with facility index (.794) was administered to gather the evidence regarding acknowledgement and implementation of SD. Descriptive (frequency, means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics Independent samples t-Test and One way Analysis of variance were applied to explore the differences among the variable of interests (gender and degree-program). The research findings indicate that postgraduate students possess a considerable awareness of sustainable development, and their practices are positively correlated with sustainable development principles. This suggests a significant relationship between their understanding and their actions. The study posits that, as a developing nation, sustainability is a critical and urgent aspect of Pakistan's future sustainable development trajectory. It is recommended that policymakers and curriculum setters should prioritize sustainability and integrity in their agendas.