Put stress on health and education

For a long time it is being said quite often that the educational institutions of Bangladesh are failing to give quality education to children. However the relevant government authorities were in a state of constant denial that this was not true. Far from paying attention to this, the education ministry continued to put their effort for quantitative development in results of students rather than quality of the education that was being imparted to them.

But after a long time of denial, for the last couple of years, the authorities are telling us that since answer scripts are examined strictly, the pass percentage in public examinations are falling. This means that they are now putting emphasis on the qualitative development of education.

But what we want to say in clear terms here that when answers scripts is examined rigorously and  students pass percentage rise simultaneously, then we can be sure that the country’s education is achieving what is needed.

However, since we know that country’s education is not faring well in Bangladesh, we were not surprised at the revelation of World Bank report that lack of quality education is holding back a child in Bangladesh in realising his/her full potential. Rather what is worrying in the WB report is that stunting or poor growth is also affecting children immensely.

According to the report, with current education and health conditions, a child born today in Bangladesh will be 48 per cent as productive as s/he could have been. This indeed is worrying. Had that not been the case, findings on Bangladesh would have even brighter compared to other Lower Middle-Income countries as well as other South Asian countries.

Obviously, for accelerating development in the country, the government policy makers must pay renewed attention to the country’s health and education sector. Bangladesh wants to become a full middle income soon and a developed country afterwards by 2041. For achieving this goal, it is absolutely necessary to make generations of people healthy and educated.

And as Bangladesh’s resources are limited, it must develop its human capital to its fullest. There is no alternative to this. It is necessary to ensure that no young people remain unemployed or live like a burden in society. Here, imparting technology-based skills to young and the unemployed can hold the key.

Bangladesh has come a long way since 1971, but it is time now to take the next big leap for becoming a developed country.

 

Put stress on health and education

For a long time it is being said quite often that the educational institutions of Bangladesh are failing to give quality education to children. However the relevant government authorities were in a state of constant denial that this was not true. Far from paying attention to this, the education ministry continued to put their effort for quantitative development in results of students rather than quality of the education that was being imparted to them. But after a long time of denial, for the last couple of years, the authorities are telling us that since answer scripts are examined strictly, the pass percentage in public examinations are falling. This means that they are now putting emphasis on the qualitative development of education. But what we want to say in clear terms here that when answers scripts is examined rigorously and students pass percentage rise simultaneously, then we can be sure that the countrys education is achieving what is needed. However, since we know that countrys education is not faring well in Bangladesh, we were not surprised at the revelation of World Bank report that lack of quality education is holding back a child in Bangladesh in realising his/her full potential. Rather what is worrying in the WB report is that stunting or poor growth is also affecting children immensely. According to the report, with current education and health conditions, a child born today in Bangladesh will be 48 per cent as productive as s/he could have been. This indeed is worrying. Had that not been the case, findings on Bangladesh would have even brighter compared to other Lower Middle-Income countries as well as other South Asian countries. Obviously, for accelerating development in the country, the government policy makers must pay renewed attention to the countrys health and education sector. Bangladesh wants to become a full middle income soon and a developed country afterwards by 2041. For achieving this goal, it is absolutely necessary to make generations of people healthy and educated. And as Bangladeshs resources are limited, it must develop its human capital to its fullest. There is no alternative to this. It is necessary to ensure that no young people remain unemployed or live like a burden in society. Here, imparting technology-based skills to young and the unemployed can hold the key. Bangladesh has come a long way since 1971, but it is time now to take the next big leap for becoming a developed country.