Quality Education Needed for Sustainable Development

The new curriculum emphasizes developing and refining each of the seven types of intelligence mentioned. Currently, the students of the schools where piloting is going on, are now engaged in these intellectual exercises with great joy and interest. Earlier, there was an opportunity for linguistic and mathematical intelligence. As a result, the students who were interested in these fields would enjoy or do well, while others would pass the exam with difficulty. Since in the new curriculum, everyone will have the opportunity to pursue the intellectual pursuits of their choice, it is now difficult to find anyone in those classes who does not want to go to school or stay in school longer. It is expected that there will be no problems with the new curriculum from the student’s side. The problem will be in teacher training.

The price of all educational materials including books has increased. Due to economic reasons, people's income has decreased, and due to the Covid pandemic, the number of students in the public and private universities of the country has decreased. The government should take initiative on how to bring the dropout students back to class. Adolescents have had to go through various changes due to reduced interest in studies, psychological and social problems, increased risk of violence, and entry into the workplace before adulthood. Decisions made by parents and teenagers regarding education will affect the next generation. Therefore, the authorities have to take groundbreaking steps to overcome the damage that has been done to education.

The price of the books should be kept at a bearable level by the parents of the students. A few days ago Digital Bangladesh now we are waiting to see 'Smart Bangladesh'; But how can we build this smart Bangladesh, to survive in the current world or to build a smart Bangladesh, we must first look at a quality education system. The process of bringing changes in the education system for students needs to be accelerated.

A look at China shows dramatic changes in science education and capabilities. U.S. policymakers are concerned about whether China's dominance in science will change the balance of power in the world. The success of the country today is the result of the policies that the Chinese government has taken in the past years in the field of science and technology. Over the last three decades, the Chinese government has invested many times to increase the country's research capacity.

According to a statistic from 2015, 5 lahk 16 thousand 666 students passed graduation in the country. Among them, 40,000 students have graduated from 35 public universities. A total of 61 thousand 482 people graduated from 85 private universities. The remaining about 4 lakh 16 thousand have passed from National University and Open University. There are also many questions about the quality of education in many public universities in the country. The situation is even worse in national and open universities. Most of the students who pass out there are those who are completing higher education relying on rote learning, the traditional method sounds like this. It is heard that if you select and memorize the answers to 15-20 questions from the previous two-three years, you can get good marks in the exam. Education in private universities has also become shitty. Just get a few sheets. The exam can be passed only by reading some sheets that the teachers give in the class. Here only photocopies have to be relied upon. The shortage of talented teachers is a big challenge for quality education. Now talented students after completing their studies work as doctors, engineers, bankers, and multinational companies; But the role of the state is insignificant in the economic and social development of those who create this talented human resource, i.e. teachers. As a result, less talented people are coming into teaching, which is one of the major obstacles in the development of quality education.

Employment opportunities are very less in our country. After that, it is alleged that the quality of the students who passed the colleges under the National University is not good. Although the city-centered colleges are functioning fairly well, the condition of educational institutions in rural areas is very poor. Honors have been opened everywhere. There are no required quality teachers. Teacher-students do not attend classes regularly. Traditionally these students look like they are studying, taking certificates. But they are not able to survive in the job market. For this, it is important to provide quality education from primary education to higher education.

Every year the number of seats in public universities is increasing slightly. However, in sectors where there is demand for workers in the market, the rate of openings in all sectors is not increasing as much. Many students are getting admission to public universities because there is no demand in the job market without getting a chance to get admission to public universities. The current age is information technology. But the number of seats in public universities to study this subject is very less. Apart from this, there are fewer seats in the subjects that students are interested in. A decade or two ago, a student would have completed his secondary education, then he would have had a good understanding of Bengali, English, Mathematics, and Science. But now that is not happening. Seats in public universities are very limited. Most of the students study in the colleges under the National University. Those who have a break in their studies study in the open university. Even though the number of students has increased, the quality of higher education is questionable and no one is getting a quality education.

It is becoming impossible to provide quality education from such a big university like National University. Time will tell if these are now enriching the process of making unemployed! However, the process of taking government colleges under various public universities is going on. It will increase the quality of higher education to some extent. And the colleges under the National University will have to make major changes in the syllabus, course method, and examination. They need to combine individuality and creativity in their studies. And the opportunity to take higher education should be stopped from those colleges which do not have the necessary infrastructure. Educated and skilled human resource is the main basis of the development of any country. Quality education is needed for educated human resources. This quality education is very necessary for the progress of the country.


Hiren Pandit is a columnist
and a researcher.