Learning lessons from China

Committing suicide is a social malady, which has suddenly started to grip the young generation of Bangladesh. According to a survey conducted by the Aanchal Foundation, a total of 101 university students took their own lives in 2021. This indicates that we have failed to address the indirect impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Aanchal study mentioned financial stress, frustration with education and exams, and domestic violence as the prime causes behind these deaths. Many of the youths have attempted suicide because they have not yet been able to find their desired jobs even after completing their education. Many jobseekers become frustrated with their life when they discover that the recruitment notice is cancelled, the examination is postponed, or the question paper of the exam is leaked, etc. University students' certificates and degrees are now becoming useless.
We do not need a large number of unemployed graduates. Rather, we need a skilled workforce. The authorities concerned should start thinking about our university students and their future. We need to utilise our students in full throttle. If we look at China, we will see that once they stopped universities except medical and engineering ones for 10 years so that the country could make its youths technically skilled. Now, it is reaping the yield. China's manpower is hired by many countries for their capabilities. They also have now many universities with national and international students. China is creating so many jobs that its huge population has now become an asset. Bangladesh can learn so many things from China and make its youths skilful for various kinds of jobs.

Ashikujaman Syed,
Research Assistant,
Bioinformatics Research Lab,
Center for Research Innovation and Development (CRID), syedashikujaman@yahoo.com