Analysis of Education Occupation Mismatch at Pakistani Educational Institutions

Abstract

Education-occupation mismatch directly or indirectly affects the professional development and performance of employees. The current study aimed to explore the determinants of three type of occupation and job mismatch; field of study mismatch, education mismatch and qualification mismatch between admin and teaching staff of educational institutions in Pakistan. The sample selected through convenient sampling technique consisted of 181 respondents from schools, colleges and a university. Worker Self-assessment (WSA) and Job Analyst (JA) methods were used for the measurement of education-job mismatch while subjective approach was applied to measure qualification mismatch. Multinomial Logistic Regression was applied to estimate the determinants of qualification job-mismatch and education-job. The results revealed that the respondents’ age, monthly income, location and nature of job were the major determinants of job mismatch in teaching and non-teaching staff. The results of the study also indicate that majority of the teachers have jobs according to their education as compared to non-teaching staff. JA and WSA methods also show that teaching staff was under and overeducated. As regards qualification-mismatch, the majority of males from admin side were under qualified while the majority of female teaching staff was over-qualified. The results show that, in the field of study job mismatch, the majority of female teachers have relevant education while the majority of males from admin side have irrelevant education from their occupation. The phenomenon of field of study and job mismatch exist in Pakistan; therefore, policy makers should take care of these matters while planning for providing education.