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Education must be our universal right 

Published : Wednesday, 18 September, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 417
Emran Emon
It is called that education is the backbone of a nation. Just as people cannot stand without a backbone, a nation cannot stand on the pinnacle of progress and prosperity without education. The more educated a nation is in the world, the more developed and prosperous it is. Balanced development of a state is not possible without education. To destroy a nation, we just need to weak its education system. Reviewing the history, it is seen that the victorious power in many great wars has destroyed the library of the defeated nation so that future generations may not have to know about the education, culture, history and heritage of that nation.

Education has been privatized and commercialized by bypassing the universal, non-discriminatory and similar science-based education system that has emerged in the spirit of Education Day. As a result of which, extreme anarchy is being witnessed in primary, secondary and higher education all over the country. There is still a teacher crisis in the country. Teachers and staff of MPO-registered private schools and colleges still have to go on a hunger strike to demand nationalization, which is against the spirit of Education Day.

We should keep in mind that the blood of Wajiullah, Babul and Golam Mostafa did not dry up in the streets that day, it was carried in the arteries of the nation, in the veins and brain. And that stream of blood went and joined another blood stream. Finally it went and met in the estuary of freedom.
Therefore, in order to take the country to the peak of development, first of all, it is necessary to formulate an education policy based on public opinion, where education will be free for all. "Education is not a commodity, education is the right of all"-let it be reflected on all levels on the great day of education.

It is time to include the history of the significant of the great Education Day in the textbooks of secondary level. The state should take initiatives to observe this day. Encouraged by the spirit of Education Day, the inequality of education between rural and urban areas has to be eliminated.

It is time to include the history of the significant of the great Education Day in the textbooks of secondary level. The state should take initiatives to observe this day. Encouraged by the spirit of Education Day, the inequality of education between rural and urban areas has to be eliminated.

In the current context, it is to say that there is no education policy in Bangladesh at present, education is going on in multiple streams-that education has now become a commodity. In many cases, the syllabus is pervaded with communal ideology, in the name of education, certificate trade is going on, the quality of education has come down alarmingly. The quality of our education, especially the picture of quality of higher education can be seen by looking at our universities.

At present, public universities are no longer public universities. Research is the lifeblood of universities. But there are no research activities in the universities, degrees are being taken by stealing thesis of others. The number of universities in the country is increasing steadily, but the question generally arises-as to how much the 'quality of education' is increasing. We don't want universities in every district, we want to improve the quality of existing universities. And we want sound environment for education in these universities.

In the current context, universities are doing slavery in the name of autonomy. As a result, they are not able to utilize their autonomous power. In these universities, as before, there is no healthy politics, no democratic environment and no practice of free thinking. Higher positions in the higher education sectors are occupied by lobbying and using political ideology. As a result, education is failing to achieve its real purpose. And so our position in the global context is decreasing day by day.

The overall development of education will not be possible without stopping trade in education, elimination of inequalities in education, formation of a timely and effective education commission and its implementation. Effective measures should be taken to reform the education sector as a whole. Special attention should be given to improving the quality of education, especially in the higher education sector. Moreover, the tax imposed on private educational institutions should be withdrawn, commercialization of education should be stopped. Democratic environment, human values and freedom of practicing free thinking should be established in educational institutions. Moreover, educational institutions should be free from political violence. Above all, it is expected that a qualitative, up-to-date and welfare education system should be developed.

The writer is a researcher



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