SINCE there is a link between education and career opportunities, acquiring skills and knowledge should be the primary objective of education. But lack of practicability in education can discourage the people from looking forward to their future ambitions. Likewise, higher education helps a person flourish his or her inner potential, personality and thoughts. Every university should take steps to build highly-efficient human resources along with securing a moral standard.
But private university authorities are now blindly commercialising higher education in Bangladesh. Universities are supposed to be the centres of wisdom. Therefore, delivering average lessons in classrooms as per regular curricula is not the sole duty of any university regardless of being the authorised distributors of degree certificates. Universities should not forget to educate students on moral values, social responsibilities and awareness, and tolerance regarding difference of opinions.
As far as global emergence of terrorism is concerned, the stance of some Bangladeshi youths hit the public conscience in recent times. Few students of some renowned private universities are still being involved in radical or militant ideologies which is a matter of concern for the entire nation. Authorities of private universities alongside the society have failed to understand minds of the youth. It is obligatory for teachers, students and the country's intelligentsia to form a cultural resistance against regressive ideas.
Furthermore, the country's education sector cannot improve quality of students unless higher education is decentralised. Despite higher education becoming easier for students due to new public universities across the country - especially those on science and technology - the authorities of the private universities are yet to invest for taking higher education outside the capital. A strong initiative of the government can bring such dreams come true.
Nabil Azam Dewan
Lalmatia, Dhaka
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