Teachers should also learn from students

Stop degradation of education system now
Habibullah Mizan
Staff Reporter,
The New Nation
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Criticising the commercialisation of county’s education systems, former Adviser to the caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan alleged that the ill –practice has been degrading the education sector day by day.

Comparing ‘sales of knowledge’ with selling one’s physical beauty for money, he urged the teachers to restrain themselves from doing this unethical act.

He said,‘‘ If we can ensure proper awards to the honest persons for their honesty and punish the dishonest persons for their dishonesty, good governance and rule of law in the country can be easily established.’’


He was speaking at a discussion meeting jointly organised by UNESCO and Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO in the city yesterday marking the International Teachers Day.

According to Dr Akbar Ali, without eradicating the increasing discriminations between the rural and urban education, quality education could not be ensured in the country.

Referring to the teacher’s financial condition, he added that some teachers are living under extreme poverty while some others are earning more than one lakh per month from private coaching or any other means.

He opined that bad people are driving the good people out, which is a major obstacle to the establishment of the rule of law in the society.

Stressing the need for quality education, he suggested introducing evaluation system for the teachers.

He said, in the present knowledge based society, teachers must admit that they would also learn from their students as knowledge is a continuous process.
Terming increasing centralisation of the education system the major problem for our education sector, he suggested for the rapid decentralisation for quality education.

Presided over by Ashraful Mokbul, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Education, Malama Meleisea, Direcror UNSECO Dhaka Office, eminent educationalist Prof Abu Syed, Dr Md Mahmudul Hasan, Prof Md Nazim Uddin, AKM Abdul Awal Mujumder, Prof Hasan Wise and some students, also participated at the discussion.