The New Nation - Internet Edition

M.Mizanur Rahman

One cannot ascertain that our educational institutes are running well. In most of the educational institutions from primary level to higher levels are overcrowded with students. There are acute shortages of teachers in comparison with the multitude of students to atend each class properly. The time frame of lecture should require being only forty-five minutes for forty-five students for every lecturer. It would be saturation beyond that limit But this standard is never maintained in our educational institutions. Has this been ever surveyed? Most probably it has never been done.

You cannot thrash away the importance of education at every step of our life being a nation. What we need is learning by demonstration and exercise also some of the subjects which cannot be covered by lecture only. The scope of acquiring knowledge by some other means is at large. Learners must expect to learn them from the most experienced teachers. For example, you cannot learn ethics of education in your classroom. This simply reflects from your character. This is equally applicable to teachers and students. Both teachers and students have vigorous library works, which need not be included in the syllabus. But syllabus must be followed by the teacher in his/her lecture in the classroom.

On way to education rigid discipline is to be maintained. The teaching profession cannot be amalgamated with heterogeneous elements of other professions. It is sacred in itself. If a teacher becomes political person or businessperson beside his/her profession then s/he fails to do the duty and responsibility of this sacred profession of teaching. We are to appreciate this profession in its value of virtues that need to make us befiting humans. Otherwise we are at a loss everywhere.

Nowadays education differs between the aspect of humanities and technology. But the mode of behaviour for imagination and inference is likely to be unaffected towards the same course. You are to think both ways. When you are flying on the air you cannot forget your home or the place where to land. At every step there is a definite goal.

A teacher must be a man of character with strong personality. A learned teacher having experienced in his/her job with the objectivity perfectly conducive to studies of the students has always been earning respect His/her only aim would have to be looking for the brilliant career of students being taught on different subjects. He must have the capacity to outwit students towards disseminating knowledge while imparting subject studies in the classroom. Prior to atend the classroom every teacher must have to learn those subjects accurately and to the point to be delivered in classes. That each student would apt to grasp those lectures eagerly. It would be the credit of the teacher to make his/her students atentive in classroom in course of their studies. Then none of the students has to bear the burden of learning the subjects additionally in coaching classes wasting valuable time. Especially the poor but meritorious student will have the boon of it The habit of cramming important notes only should be replaced by learning habit This will go a long way for the students to build their future career.

Some foreign countries stressed heavy importance in the primary education. They have rightly felt that the foundation of learning starts from the primary level.. The children start learning everything toward their growth from ab initio. Primary teachers should require to be given university education or training to that extent so that they can make the educational foundation of learning strong from primary level. They should also be given higher emoluments to keep their moral upkeep to the maximum standard. Nowadays, as I have closely observed, that the primary level education in our country is disappointing having very low standard. There are a lot of dropouts there both in urban and rural areas. This is no good for a nation. For a nation every individual must be given fair education equally for its interest Another sad thing is that there is no uniformity of education in our country. It has become unabated profit making business for some quarters. Some so-called rich or elitists prefer foreign education in English medium for their wards at the very highest cost while others can hardly afford such education at their reach. The nation automatically divides here. This anomaly in the context of education is never favourable for a nation as a whole. Psychologically these abnormal discriminatory treatments in respect of education affect the whole nation adversely and sap its vitality. You can go to the teachers from primary level to university level and ask their opinion about how they run their affairs. They must specifically indicate the overall weakness of education at hand. Most of the teachers of private and public schools, colleges and universities tend to earn a huge amount of money by practicing at coaching centres or working as part time lecturers in different private educational institutions. They can hardly spare time to put concentration on their parent institutions towards their duties and responsibilities in full. By showing some brilliant results in the examinations of a very few students of some private and public educational institutions we become overenthusiastic with exultant pride but what about the rest of the multitude of students who suffer the set-back for whose fault We are yet to evaluate this important national cause. We must remember that every individual of a state is an asset of the nation. None of the individuals of a nation can be neglected for the interest of our national integrity. Hence in order to maintain uniformity of education the curriculum from one educational institution to another should not differ whether it is in primary or secondary/ higher secondary or university level. The specific but uniform standard of education should require to be maintained equally in all educational institutions. The teachers and students must be inculcated with the spirit of nationalism. This will bring about the sense of patriotism among the educated people of Bangladesh.

In all we should make out educational plan in such a way that the whole nation can be benefited. Merits of the students should require to be adjudged accordingly to let them play the proper role befiting to any particular group of education e.g. science, commerce or arts. In the group of science modem technology should be included. Every educational institution must have its advisory council. The members of such council must be experienced and well educated whether they remain in urban or in rural areas.

Thus the backbone of a nation will be built on strong footing. And every individual of a nation can be proud of becoming a good citizen showing off its national colours with magnanimous image. Let us see that day is dawned.