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"Despite preserving colossal renewable assets, 80% of Pakistan's power generation comes
from nonrenewable fuels. Generating energy from fuel-based sources, however, poses its
perils. For example, the voluminous industrial pollution from thermal plants has significantly
deteriorated the urban air-quality seven times greater than the WHO prescribed levels,
causing 22,000 premature deaths and hospitalizing 6.5 million people annually (Asian
Development Bank, 2008). The stagnant evolution of renewable technology in Pakistan is
partly due to the dire deficiency of the relevant field expertise. The cognizance of these
grave issues has motivated me to pursue the renewable energy field as a postgraduate
specialization.
It is unlikely that a community can advance in the scientific and technological realm without
a well-developed energy infrastructure. For this reason, Pakistan also is actively striving to
establish a stable energy foundation that will furnish it with the requisite potential for
scientific advancement. Renewable energy promotes the sustainable approach of power
production that is non-depleting, clean, and affordable. In addition, renewable power
encourages the accelerated progress of energy sector development by solving problems
including electricity deprivation, environmental contamination due to industrial exhaust, and
predominant reliance on imported fuel to drive power plants."
Provide a statement explaining:
A country's development is the direct result of the capacity of its institutions to perform
effectively which in turn depends on the quality of the human resource working there and
the related policies that govern these institutions. Unfortunately, in almost all sectors of
Pakistan the infrastructure development is given priority over the human resource
development and the negligence of the public policy makers in this regard exacerbates this
situation. Policy makers have failed to make the vocational training part of the curriculum
and combine the formal education with the skill development.
Pakistan has the highest youth population after Afghanistan in South Asia and ranks second
lowest in South Asia for Commonwealth YDI 2017. According to another report Pakistan
ranks 164th out of 195 countries for its quality of human capital. This is one of the main
reasons that unemployment of youth in Pakistan is higher than other South Asian countries
except Sri-Lanka.
I have rich experience in HRD and now I plan to study Master of Public Administration; this
course focuses on developing consummate public policy makers in the ever changing
business environment. This course will expose me to policy making practices in the UK and
will help me understand how organizations work and how employees perceive their work
environment. This course will help me to not only cope with the current challenges related to
human resources in the state institutions through effective policy making but will also
prepare me to handle future challenges such as the "laying off the human resources". As a
student in UK I will also get the chance to observe and understand the structure and
implementation techniques of professional development programs for students, which I can
replicate in Pakistan.
After this course I plan to return to Pakistan and serve my country by joining the Planning
and Development Department which is the central agency which sets the strategic policies
for the HRD and monitors its implementation in Pakistan. In this role I will be able to derive
strategies to bring behavioral changes in employees on micro level and policy changes on
macro level using psychological tools of positive and negative reinforcement. Through
effective policy making based on scientific research, I will be able to solve the issues such
as misuse of authority, early leaving and procrastination of work, misbehaving with public
and commonplace involvement in grafting in organizations of Pakistan.
As per my career plan I have no doubt that I will be able to make an initial impact within Ten
years and this impact can be measured by the improved human resource output in the
target government institutions.