Abstract
This research study mainly elaborates the viewpoint of leadership of higher education
institutions regarding intercultural and multicultural harmony. The study also explores
the real circumstances at higher education about the integration of intercultural
education into mainstream proceedings. The current study was exploratory in nature
consequently by nature it was descriptive research and for this paper qualitative
approach was adopted. Due to the said purpose the public universities of Sindh,
Pakistan, were selected as a population. A sample of one hundred seventy two deans,
heads,senior faculty / professors & associate professors working at the status of
leadership were selected with the help of multistage sampling from different
universities of Sindh, Pakistan. The open ended questionnaire was used as a research
instrument for data collection. On the basis of received data, through coding system
five primary themes/domains were finalized which were further divided into twenty
six subthemes/categories as per the items of tool. Study helped to conclude that the
diversified opinions of intercultural education and multiculturalism is needed to be
streamlined to have holistic and uniform understanding about the term and its
application, on the other hand this diversity of understanding motivates leaders to
think the similar concept from different angles, contexts and dimensions to
understand and apply. Majority of the recommendations were given to concern
authorities mainly that authority should issue precise occasionally renewable
guidelines for HEIs to include inter-cultural harmony at diverse levels throughout the
institute or University.
