Education : Getting value for money
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
EDUCATION reforms are very necessary to address various issues in the education sector.
The same must concentrate on improving the quality of education or quality of teaching, restructuring syllabi to meet the needs of a modern economy and produce human resources for economic growth than generalists and literates only who have little impact on the transformation of the country's workforce.
The different streams of education in the country are producing three different types of student population with highly divergent outlook, capacities and competence whereas the national interest demands uniformity in the abilities of educated persons.
Allocation of resources have been meager to build new public sector universities, engineering universities and engineering colleges, agricultural universities and colleges, polytechnic institutions, specialised educational institutions, etc.
The private centres of higher education that have cropped up in response to demand are not being properly assessed for quality.
The proper accreditation of these private educational bodies of higher learning is very important to properly regulate developments in this area.
All of the above reform needs in the education sector and many more should be addressed very soon to get value out of public resources now being spent on education.
Nurul Momen
Dhaka University
The same must concentrate on improving the quality of education or quality of teaching, restructuring syllabi to meet the needs of a modern economy and produce human resources for economic growth than generalists and literates only who have little impact on the transformation of the country's workforce.
The different streams of education in the country are producing three different types of student population with highly divergent outlook, capacities and competence whereas the national interest demands uniformity in the abilities of educated persons.
Allocation of resources have been meager to build new public sector universities, engineering universities and engineering colleges, agricultural universities and colleges, polytechnic institutions, specialised educational institutions, etc.
The private centres of higher education that have cropped up in response to demand are not being properly assessed for quality.
The proper accreditation of these private educational bodies of higher learning is very important to properly regulate developments in this area.
All of the above reform needs in the education sector and many more should be addressed very soon to get value out of public resources now being spent on education.
Nurul Momen
Dhaka University