Country needs more educated persons
I think, there is a success in education sector for taking different initiatives by government in the recent years. According to data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), the literacy rate in Bangladesh has risen remarkably over the past decade to an all-time high of 72.76% in 2016.
The figure marks an increase of 26.1 percentage points from 2007, when the literacy rate was a mere 46.66%. Over the same period, the literacy rate for females has risen from 43.74% to 69.90%, and for males from 49.83% to 75.62%. The literacy rate for men and women aged between 15 to 24 years increased to 92.24% in 2016, up from 61.87% in 2007.
The data though revealed that the number of educated young males and females rose dramatically over the past 10 years, in fact the country is still facing severe crisis of educated citizens in all relevant fields despite increasing number of literates. It is really frustrating.
The present conflicting situation also proves that, the education policy taken by the government is not fully scientific, time-befitting and pragmatic. I think, producing a large number of literates will do no good. Rather, the government must focus on producing more and more educated citizens.
Selina Akhtar
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
