The blacklisted colleges

The education ministry and the relevant boards have to take share of the blame

It is a good step to blacklist 1,135 colleges across the country that have had poor results at the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level or where no student gets admitted. This is a surprising thing indeed. After year round teaching, there are colleges from where no students pass HSC exam, or there are such ill reputed colleges in which students do not enroll themselves. According to a report of this newspaper yesterday, to make things better for these institutions, different steps including the cancellation of teaching permission would be taken against them. Authorities running these institutions are certainly to blame for the poor results of students or unwillingness of students to get admitted to these colleges.

But the education ministry or the relevant boards themselves have to take the share of the blame for the very reason that they are the overseeing authorities of these institutions. These institutions have not come to their present state overnight. These institutions obviously have teachers who are perhaps paid from the government fund and infrastructure facilities. What did the educations boards do when it came to their notice that these institutions were first showing signs of downgrading education?

For improving the condition of these institutions, cancelling their teaching permission is certainly not a good idea. But on 17 April, the Dhaka Board issued notices to shut down 79 colleges, as no student has passed from those institutions in 2015 and 2016. Such instructions were even issued to other educational boards. As the population of the country is growing, so is the number of students. In fact, the country needs or will need more such institutions along with quality teachers. That is why it is necessary to take measures that would force the authorities of these failed colleges to raise the standard of education.

There are many allegations that relevant boards fail to deliver their duties because these are places of rampant corruption. Incompetent people get approval to run the managing committee of colleges using dubious means. The board authorities that control the governing body or managing committee of educational institutions have to exercise integrity while giving permission to one.

The blacklisted colleges

The education ministry and the relevant boards have to take share of the blame

It is a good step to blacklist 1,135 colleges across the country that have had poor results at the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level or where no student gets admitted. This is a surprising thing indeed. After year round teaching, there are colleges from where no students pass HSC exam, or there are such ill reputed colleges in which students do not enroll themselves. According to a report of this newspaper yesterday, to make things better for these institutions, different steps including the cancellation of teaching permission would be taken against them. Authorities running these institutions are certainly to blame for the poor results of students or unwillingness of students to get admitted to these colleges. But the education ministry or the relevant boards themselves have to take the share of the blame for the very reason that they are the overseeing authorities of these institutions. These institutions have not come to their present state overnight. These institutions obviously have teachers who are perhaps paid from the government fund and infrastructure facilities. What did the educations boards do when it came to their notice that these institutions were first showing signs of downgrading education? For improving the condition of these institutions, cancelling their teaching permission is certainly not a good idea. But on 17 April, the Dhaka Board issued notices to shut down 79 colleges, as no student has passed from those institutions in 2015 and 2016. Such instructions were even issued to other educational boards. As the population of the country is growing, so is the number of students. In fact, the country needs or will need more such institutions along with quality teachers. That is why it is necessary to take measures that would force the authorities of these failed colleges to raise the standard of education. There are many allegations that relevant boards fail to deliver their duties because these are places of rampant corruption. Incompetent people get approval to run the managing committee of colleges using dubious means. The board authorities that control the governing body or managing committee of educational institutions have to exercise integrity while giving permission to one.