HIGHER EDUCATION AND CYBERCRIME IN QUAID-i-AZAM UNIVERSITY,ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Higher education conveys vast consequence and it has a definitive in human capital development. It has most significant part for the economic enablement of a country because it is the way to get from those who are foreign, learn sldlls from them and use them in their own country for prosperity. As we compare Pakistan with other countries of the world, the condition of cybercrime in relation to higher education, acts are not less to the mark among those countries that are in cybercrime index. The less availability of employment in Pakistan has increasing trend of cybercrime. Therefore, the quantitative study was conducted in Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. The sample size was of 120 respondents and tool used for data collection was the structured questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS version 16.0. According to the current study, higher education does not meet the demands of common people that lead them to cybercrime in order to meet their demands of common life. The significance level was less than 0.05. That is why, alternative hypothesis was accepted and null hypothesis was rejected. The researcher concluded that higher education of some people paves the way for cybercrime. Less opportunities of market for the workers leads to involve in criminals activities. While the trends of having lavish life style is also the cause of joining criminal activities.