ABOUT 3000 teachers of 34 public universities are now on leave and many of them are out of the country. The leave-seekers are 22 per cent of the total teachers. Newspaper reports said these teachers have been joined as part-timers in different private universities or institutions in lucrative salaries. Some of them have not yet returned to their original workplaces even after completion of PhD degree abroad. Several teachers have taken leave for doing job as consultants and in home-based NGOs.
This shows the miserable condition prevailing in our tertiary level education where teachers don’t feel accountable. Newspapers reported that majority of them haven’t obtained approval of their leave from the authorities concerned. What is shameful is that, they all are drawing salaries and other benefits from the universities while earning extra money from elsewhere. Of the public institutions, Dhaka University ranks top in this process while BUET ranks second; after that, Jagannath University and Jahangirnagar University.
At present, over 32 lakh students are enrolled in tertiary level education across the country which was only 31,000 in 1972. The University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2016 showed that the total tertiary enrolment over the 2016-2026 periods may reach 46 lakh. That means, we are passing the high time.
According to a UGC report, of the total number of students in tertiary level education, the theology based Islamic University (Fazil and Kamil Madrasas are affiliated with IU) accounts for 8.2 percent while the National University affiliated with all degree colleges accounts for 72 percent. The 42 public universities and around 90 private universities together claim approximately 30 percent of the total number of students pursuing higher education.
In most of the educational institutions the teachers remain involved in politics – either ruling party or opposition party. So, division among the teachers is open. It also hampers the ideal atmosphere in educational institutions.
We must say, it can’t be a symbol of good educator before the students who takes leave for joining another job to get extra money. Most brilliant and economically less-solvent students usually come to the public universities for higher education. The government also every year pays a huge amount of money in this sector which actually comes from the tax-payers’ pockets.
This shows the miserable condition prevailing in our tertiary level education where teachers don’t feel accountable. Newspapers reported that majority of them haven’t obtained approval of their leave from the authorities concerned. What is shameful is that, they all are drawing salaries and other benefits from the universities while earning extra money from elsewhere. Of the public institutions, Dhaka University ranks top in this process while BUET ranks second; after that, Jagannath University and Jahangirnagar University.
At present, over 32 lakh students are enrolled in tertiary level education across the country which was only 31,000 in 1972. The University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2016 showed that the total tertiary enrolment over the 2016-2026 periods may reach 46 lakh. That means, we are passing the high time.
According to a UGC report, of the total number of students in tertiary level education, the theology based Islamic University (Fazil and Kamil Madrasas are affiliated with IU) accounts for 8.2 percent while the National University affiliated with all degree colleges accounts for 72 percent. The 42 public universities and around 90 private universities together claim approximately 30 percent of the total number of students pursuing higher education.
In most of the educational institutions the teachers remain involved in politics – either ruling party or opposition party. So, division among the teachers is open. It also hampers the ideal atmosphere in educational institutions.
We must say, it can’t be a symbol of good educator before the students who takes leave for joining another job to get extra money. Most brilliant and economically less-solvent students usually come to the public universities for higher education. The government also every year pays a huge amount of money in this sector which actually comes from the tax-payers’ pockets.
