The country do not need any sectarial science or office managment graduates?
A case could be made against the decision that has been reported in the following news item attached below.
It can not be true that the country do not need these graduates. So, we must be missing something.
What is the problem with these two programs? Its too early to learn secretarial science? Or is it too early to learn office management?
Those who have worked in Dhaka knows that most of the good office secretaries and front office executives are O-level and A-level graduates who do not want to study further or who are just taking a break before they decide for higher studies. So, the same topics can not be too early for HSC level students. Rather it would seem logical that with the increase in our need to hire them as we expand our services industry, it should be seen a good way to produce more workers with soft-skills. So, why the counter-intuitive decision from the national curriculum board, who has so far proven beyond doubt that they have been a worthless some.
Or is it that the graduates of these programs are not as per expectation of the industry? If that is the case, then measures should be taken and the teachers should be trained so that they can produce better graduates, hopefully with more emphasis on at least one foreign language.
Or is it that these graduates have started taking away the jobs of O-level and A-level dropouts and at the same time, they might be bringing the salary level down, too. So, could this decision be a result of the lobbying of the english medium schools?
We should clarify that we are not here to accuse somebody for nothing. However, the decision seems to be counter-intuitive from the context of market need. All we are asking that some stakeholder should look into the actual reasoning and merit of the decision and make sure that it helps broader national interest. Business associations (e.g. FBCCI, DCCI, etc) are relavant shakeholders in this and they should be worried about this decision.
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Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
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Unb, Dhaka
'Secretarial Science and Office Management' has been omitted from the higher secondary-level curricula in general and madrasa education with effect from 2009-10 academic session, an official announcement said yesterday.
The caretaker government took the step as a part of a recipe for updating the country's outmoded education system in keeping pace with the demand of the time at home and abroad.
"The decision was taken as per the recommendations of the National Curriculum Coordination Committee to make students interested in more important subjects in consistence with the global demand and to improve the standard of education at higher secondary level," read the announcement.
Students registered in this subject would get the scope for completing their education, it said.
If any registered student fails in the subject at the public examinations, he/she would be allowed to take part in the exams till his/her registration remains effective as per the existing rules.
Besides, the teachers of this subject working under MPO (Monthly Pay Order) facility will retain their job and they can teach other subjects, according to the measure taken by the Ministry of Education.
