Education and commercialism
We have come to learn that the AL led grand alliance government is going to promulgate new laws to discipline the private universities in our country. More than fifty private universities have mushroomed in our country after the enactment of Private University Act, 1992. Most of these universities do not comply with the rules set by the University Grants Commission. It is really tormenting that UGC is in deep slumber and actually it is tacitly buttressing the monkey business of these private universities. Most of the private universities are run commercially. But it is true that a few universities are definitely providing quality education and they merit eulogy for their pedagogical innovation and sophistication. It is pleasant to know that the present government will scupper all the nasty business in the name of education. Higher education cannot be a fundamental right, it is certainly a privilege. To be a teller in a bank and to work in a restaurant abroad, a person does not need a university degree like BBA or MBA. But only those who have adequate intelligence and academic knowledge should be given chance to study in a university, whether it is private or public.
I would castigate the private university authorities for their excessive commercialism. I hope that the present govt will take tough action against those so-called private universities to arrest crass commercialisation of education in Bangladesh.
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