Education City is the need of the time
The most important way to earn for Bangladesh in the short-term is her human resources. What better way to to improve that wealth but a specialized education city?
Bangladesh University Grants commission should initiate a process to build an education city - primarily focused on technical education and business education. There should be two layer in this city.
One layer should be focused on four year bachelor programs, masters program, phd programs.
Second layer should be focused on trade education which will take HSC graduates and create skilled labour within two years.
UGC should build this Education city should be built in the similar way different economic zones are being created. Once the basic infrastructure are built, different private universities will be encourged to lease or buy the land within this education city. Financial organizations, Banks should use their huge idle money to invest in these infrastructure. Prime locations within this education city can be auctioned to interested parties.
Also, all foreign registered educational institutions should be forced to move to the enclave. This should be made mandatory so that their quality can be observed and maintained easily.
For a sample example, please take a look at this. (http://www.qf.org.qa/output/page301.asp) This link points to the Education City project in Qatar, the home of Al-Jazeera. Many of the famous universities from around the world, including those from USA, are opening their campus. Here are some excerpts: "Qatar Foundation is headquartered in a unique Education City, a 2,500-acre campus on the outskirts of Doha which hosts branch campuses of some of the world's leading universities, as well as numerous other educational and research institutions.
Supported by abundant residential and recreational facilities, Education City is envisioned as a community of institutions that serve the whole citizen, from early childhood education to post-graduate study. Moreover, Education City is envisioned as a hub for the generation of new knowledge -- a place that provides researchers with world-class facilities, a pool of well-trained graduates, the chance to collaborate with likeminded people and the opportunity to transfer ideas into real-world applications.
Qatar Foundation¹s mission is to prepare the people of Qatar and the region to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world, and to make Qatar a leader in innovative education and research.
To achieve that mission, Qatar Foundation supports network of centers and partnerships with elite institutions, all committed to the principle that a nation¹s greatest natural resource is its people. Education City, Qatar Foundation¹s flagship project, is envisioned as a center of excellence in education and research that will help transform Qatar into a knowledge-based society."
Given the circumstances in Bangladesh, a good location for the first education city will be somewhere along the Dhaka-Chittagong corridor. Similar zones can also be replicated in other regions - one in each division at proper locations.
Private mutual funds can be raised, if the government provides the required legal framework. Interested development partners, who already contribute in our education budget in a significant way, they can also participate in supporting this fundraising for the Education City Projects.
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columinsts in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
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Dear readers, also, if you thought the article was important enough so it should come under attention of the head of the government please forward the message to them. Email address for the Chief Advisor: feeedback@pmo.gov.bd or at http://www.cao.gov.bd/feedback/comments.php . The more of you forward it to them, the less will be the need to go back to street agitation. Use ICT to practice democracy. It is already proven that this government responds to the feedback.
We could not locate any email address for the UGC Chairman or the UGC itself. However, here is a link to the commission which has a feedback link:
http://www.ugc.gov.bd/comment.php
Alternately, you can forward this email to the Education Ministry:
info@moedu.gov.bd==============================
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