Reforming the education sector

In spite of some improvement the education system is plagued by inef iciencies, bureaucratic control, unqualified teaching staff, mismanagement and a struggle to score more numbers. The real problems are being ignored and without addressing the above mentioned problems, What is the use of a degree when children fail to learn anything meaningful?

Bangladesh needs to rethink the whole education system from the ground up if we want to really educate the nation. Otherwise, we might face a bigger problem than what we are currently facing: a huge population with a meaningless piece of paper in their hands who are not useful for the society or the economy and will remain unemployable adding to the already burdened nation. It must be understood that the amount of money being spent on education is merely a part of the problem and a much simpler one to solve at that. The real challenge is the education reform.

It should be noted that Bangladesh has significantly enhanced the funding to education in the last couple of decades. However, things don’t look a lot different. Public schools are still in disarray; parents don’t want to send their children to government-run schools; private school chains are thriving and increasing their fee; children in public schools are not learning much.

The simple truth is that the conversion on education needs to move forward from money to actual change. What is needed the most is reform in the education sector.

Bangladesh needs to rethink the whole education system from the ground up if we want to really educate the nation. Otherwise, we might face a bigger problem than what we are currently facing: a huge population with a meaningless piece of paper in their hands who are not useful for the society or the economy and will remain unemployable adding to the already burdened nation. The education system of Bangladesh is based on different mediums which divides the students in two segments. Many private schools are English medium while the government schools are Bengali medium. And of course there are a huge number of madrassas.

The private institutions should be carefully regulated and be required to conform to standard requirements cannot be argued against. The public school system may be largely affordable but is grossly insufficient for the needs of a burgeoning population, has severe quality and standards’ problems, and is plagued by issues such as faculty incapacities and absenteeismand the like.

Reforming the education sector

In spite of some improvement the education system is plagued by inef iciencies, bureaucratic control, unqualified teaching staff, mismanagement and a struggle to score more numbers. The real problems are being ignored and without addressing the above mentioned problems, What is the use of a degree when children fail to learn anything meaningful? Bangladesh needs to rethink the whole education system from the ground up if we want to really educate the nation. Otherwise, we might face a bigger problem than what we are currently facing: a huge population with a meaningless piece of paper in their hands who are not useful for the society or the economy and will remain unemployable adding to the already burdened nation. It must be understood that the amount of money being spent on education is merely a part of the problem and a much simpler one to solve at that. The real challenge is the education reform. It should be noted that Bangladesh has significantly enhanced the funding to education in the last couple of decades. However, things dont look a lot different. Public schools are still in disarray; parents dont want to send their children to government-run schools; private school chains are thriving and increasing their fee; children in public schools are not learning much. The simple truth is that the conversion on education needs to move forward from money to actual change. What is needed the most is reform in the education sector. Bangladesh needs to rethink the whole education system from the ground up if we want to really educate the nation. Otherwise, we might face a bigger problem than what we are currently facing: a huge population with a meaningless piece of paper in their hands who are not useful for the society or the economy and will remain unemployable adding to the already burdened nation. The education system of Bangladesh is based on different mediums which divides the students in two segments. Many private schools are English medium while the government schools are Bengali medium. And of course there are a huge number of madrassas. The private institutions should be carefully regulated and be required to conform to standard requirements cannot be argued against. The public school system may be largely affordable but is grossly insufficient for the needs of a burgeoning population, has severe quality and standards problems, and is plagued by issues such as faculty incapacities and absenteeismand the like.