Dhaka, May 10 -- The education sector has indeed seen a huge expansion, and the statistics provided each year by such organizations as the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS), UNICEF, UNESCO, and various NGOs working in education (BRAC, Campaign for Mass and Primary Education, or CAMPE, for example) make it obvious that expansion is not far behind the need or demand. What is lacking, however, is quality.

This applies to teaching as well as to administration, infrastructure, and facilities. It is seen to be a means of getting an entry to the job market, but sadly, it fails to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to compete at the regional or international level.

Students in general lack the necessa...