Abstract
The study aimed to compare the level of self-perceived employability of public and private sector
university graduates. It was a descriptive and cross sectional survey. Population of the study was
university graduating students enrolled in final year/ semester. Multi-stage purposive sampling was
used to collect data from ten universities; five public and five private universities were taken with
eight matching departments. All students from selected department filled up the questionnaire.
Each university (main campus) was taken as a sample. A total of 2411 graduating students were
sample of the study. Self-developed 23 items Self-Perceived Employability (SPE) instrument was
used to collect data with five point likert type scale. Independent sample t-test was applied for
comparison of public and private sector graduates. Results showed positive self-perceived
employability in graduating students. Private university students’ self-perceived employability was
higher than that of the public university students. But, students’ perception of employability on the
basis of department was significantly different. Self-perceived employability for male and female
was the same. Two-year program graduates had higher self-perceived employability than those of
the four-year degree program.
Ummara Saher, Abid Hussain Ch. (2019) A Comparison of Self-Perceived Employability of Graduates from Public and Private Universities of Punjab, Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 41, Issue 1.
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