Education industry and job-market worldwide
Friday, 12 March 2010
Dr. M. Azizur Rahman
Population and unemployment are the main problems retarding development of Bangladesh. Because of inadequate job opportunities in Bangladesh, much of the population of ours do not get employment inside the country. Naturally, they have to look for jobs in the world job-markets. With competence and experiences, one can get a job in any country.
Of the world's nearly 6.5 billion population, 4 billion are in the working age. The world have no unemployment problem if the workers get facilities of immigration. The existing job-markets of the world can observe the working age population. Many under populated countries import manpower from other countries. Among them are Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, France, Switzerland, Germany, England, Sweden, Finland, Norway, America, Canada and Australia besides the countries in the Middle East. A majority of the 1.15 billion Indians can speak English. The educated and skilled population of India easily get jobs in any country of the world. Though they do not speak English they became the largest labour force in the world because of their education and technical know how.
To take advantage of the international labour markets like India and China, Bangladesh has to produce skilled manpower.
The standardised education is the first and foremost prerequisite for the Bangladeshi youth to get jobs in the global labour market. Education of Bangladesh is not recognised in the international job-markets. So Bangladesh should introduce a new system of general and higher education so that the educated boys and girls qualify for the job-markets at home and abroad. The private universities and the other educational institutions can do this.
Success in professional life requires professional knowledge and skill, proficiency in English language, computer education and general knowledge as well as intelligence. The education system of Bangladesh produced no skilled manpower over the last 100 years. Those educated by the system neither qualify for the job-market at home nor abroad. Continuation with the system will not improve the situation. Bangladesh has to take an effective system for producing skilled manpower. The private, universities can do much in this regard. It is time for Bangladesh to improve its standard of education and training so that its manpower can enter the international job-market.
The reputed and traditional educational institutions failed in this regard.
Because of education Sri Lankans enjoy an edge in overseas employment in orders.
The environment of education is important. If the government cannot spend so much on quality teachers laboratories, libraries, classrooms and standard infrastructure for research facilities, foreign investment could be encouraged. Higher and technical education should be redesigned to suit the modern industry. The government's policy framework should encourage it. Foreign investment under joint venture can do this. The universities in Bangladesh should be able to provide the learners with education of international standard.
Bangladesh must modernise its education system. It should be easier for private universities to do it in a short time. The public universities and colleges failed to do it so far.
The writer is the vice chancellor and chief advisor, IPR, Uttara University
Population and unemployment are the main problems retarding development of Bangladesh. Because of inadequate job opportunities in Bangladesh, much of the population of ours do not get employment inside the country. Naturally, they have to look for jobs in the world job-markets. With competence and experiences, one can get a job in any country.
Of the world's nearly 6.5 billion population, 4 billion are in the working age. The world have no unemployment problem if the workers get facilities of immigration. The existing job-markets of the world can observe the working age population. Many under populated countries import manpower from other countries. Among them are Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, France, Switzerland, Germany, England, Sweden, Finland, Norway, America, Canada and Australia besides the countries in the Middle East. A majority of the 1.15 billion Indians can speak English. The educated and skilled population of India easily get jobs in any country of the world. Though they do not speak English they became the largest labour force in the world because of their education and technical know how.
To take advantage of the international labour markets like India and China, Bangladesh has to produce skilled manpower.
The standardised education is the first and foremost prerequisite for the Bangladeshi youth to get jobs in the global labour market. Education of Bangladesh is not recognised in the international job-markets. So Bangladesh should introduce a new system of general and higher education so that the educated boys and girls qualify for the job-markets at home and abroad. The private universities and the other educational institutions can do this.
Success in professional life requires professional knowledge and skill, proficiency in English language, computer education and general knowledge as well as intelligence. The education system of Bangladesh produced no skilled manpower over the last 100 years. Those educated by the system neither qualify for the job-market at home nor abroad. Continuation with the system will not improve the situation. Bangladesh has to take an effective system for producing skilled manpower. The private, universities can do much in this regard. It is time for Bangladesh to improve its standard of education and training so that its manpower can enter the international job-market.
The reputed and traditional educational institutions failed in this regard.
Because of education Sri Lankans enjoy an edge in overseas employment in orders.
The environment of education is important. If the government cannot spend so much on quality teachers laboratories, libraries, classrooms and standard infrastructure for research facilities, foreign investment could be encouraged. Higher and technical education should be redesigned to suit the modern industry. The government's policy framework should encourage it. Foreign investment under joint venture can do this. The universities in Bangladesh should be able to provide the learners with education of international standard.
Bangladesh must modernise its education system. It should be easier for private universities to do it in a short time. The public universities and colleges failed to do it so far.
The writer is the vice chancellor and chief advisor, IPR, Uttara University