Redundant educational system
Sunday, 15 July 2007
A national daily reported sometime ago that madrashas (religious schools) are being favoured over regular or mainstream educational institutions in the allocation of government funds. Clearly, this is not desirable. Madrasha education under the present institutional practices does mainly produces the Islamic clergy or prayer leaders and we have an abundance of them.
What the country needs, above all, is the creation of forward-looking human resources through the mainstream educational systems of the country . Madrashas with their outmoded system will not be able to fulfill this need. They are rather likely to create radicalised elements or extremists to play into the hands of terrorists or other types of conspirators. So, the government will be duly expected to go for a review of its policies in this area in the wake of the reported threat of terrorism. It cannot remain so unconcerned about religion-fed terrorism and needs to address it by nipping it at the bud.
Sajib Chowdhury
Uttara, Dhaka
What the country needs, above all, is the creation of forward-looking human resources through the mainstream educational systems of the country . Madrashas with their outmoded system will not be able to fulfill this need. They are rather likely to create radicalised elements or extremists to play into the hands of terrorists or other types of conspirators. So, the government will be duly expected to go for a review of its policies in this area in the wake of the reported threat of terrorism. It cannot remain so unconcerned about religion-fed terrorism and needs to address it by nipping it at the bud.
Sajib Chowdhury
Uttara, Dhaka