We need quality- not quantity

The admission test result of Dhaka University has created a nationwide debate. The Education minister termed it a 'faulty test system'. It adversely reflected on an important educational issue, one that is also important for the future continuing deterioration of Bangladesh's interaction in international forums. This view can be aptly described by the popular saying: "A bad man quarrels with his tools". The higher education in Bangladesh is indeed faulty. That is the bitter reality and its outcome in future is any one's guess.
Our authorities are concerned only with the growing numbers of students being educated and for them it is 'the more the better'.  This may be valid for rural and even urban areas up to primary school levels. However the higher up you go in important subjects related to finance and technology, you are lost in total ignorance. The day we drastically curtailed the scope of English in school syllabus we lost our heritage of the colonial British days. We have totally ignored the realm of exposure that can come through the proper and qualitative knowledge of English language. Our wise neighbours in the subcontinent like India and Sri Lanka ignored this approach despite having different mother tongues and local language. Possibly they were more mature and wiser.
Our policymakers laid emphasis on the prevailing common mother tongue, totally ignoring the depth of penetration that English has in the commercial and scientific world of today. In our hasty rush towards local culture we have knowingly totally ignored the position of English as an important tool for technological advancement in all fields including the critical and important field of healthcare and medical knowledge. We will as a result remain further backward as the role of English will grow exponentially in the following decades.
A concerned citizen
Dhaka