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WELCOME TO WIEF ROUNDTABLE JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY WIEF FOUNDATION AND SEACO FOUNDATION 19-20 MARCH 2012, DHAKA, BANGLADESH

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Welcome to WIEF ROUNDTABLE Jointly organized by WIEF Foundation and SEACO Foundation 19-20 March 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Private higher education: creating world class institutions through regional cooperation. Keynote Speaker: Prof . M. Anwar Hossain , Ph.D (Cornell, USA ) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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WELCOME TO

WIEF ROUNDTABLE JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY WIEF FOUNDATION AND

SEACO FOUNDATION

19-20 MARCH 2012, DHAKA, BANGLADESH

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PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION: CREATING

WORLD CLASS INSTITUTIONS THROUGH REGIONAL COOPERATION

Keynote Speaker: Prof. M. Anwar Hossain, Ph.D (Cornell, USA) First Vice-Chancellor Islamic University of Technology (IUT) of OIC Dhaka, [email protected]

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ISSUES AT HAND

Higher education - Present Context - Task World-class Institutions Private/Public Sector Regional Cooperation

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Higher Education- Education and training imparted to students generally having 12 years of schooling with a view to

Contribute to their personal, social and professional lives

Produce knowledgeable, creative and skilled performers and leaders to lead in their own areas of activities and hence

Enrich the intellectual, economic and cultural fabric of their communities, states, nations and beyond.

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Present Context• Increasing population -- increasing number of students

• Information explosion -- needs critical thinking for screening

• Increasingly globalized world leading to:• i. knowledge based economy and society • ii. global job market with severe competition for the job seekers• a. outsourced jobs• b. more than 70,000 foreign professionals/technical personnel now in Bangladesh• c. Bangladesh needs to create 1.5 million new jobs (all types) per year for next 20 years (WB)• d. branding of Bangladeshi manpower (World Marketing Summit)

• Need for creativity and emphasis on problem solving skills, team work, flexibility, adaptability and communication skills

• Need of lifelong learning and continuing education due to continuously changing nature and requirements of jobs

• Changing nature of classrooms because of technology and online learning

• Shortage of qualified faculty members having the capacity to lead

• Renewed emphasis on civic responsibility, ethics, values etc.

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creating/generating

accumulating

transmitting/transferring/disseminating

knowledge and skills with quality and appropriate inputs like the following to provide an enabling environment for world class education:

Task- To do justice to their students and trainees, the institutions of

higher education are now, therefore, required to function in the above context effectively and efficiently in the process of:

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Task Cont…university leadership

faculty and staff

course curricula

teaching/learning practices

research activities

physical facilities

university community

diversification

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World-class Institutions

• Benchmarking the standards?

• World-class higher education is a necessity for survival

• Accredited programs/ institutions (viz. by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), etc.)

• Position in world ranking

for example i. University of Hong Kong – 22nd ii. Mech. Engg./ Nanyang T. University – 33rd

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World-class Institutions Cont…- Looking west or east?

i. western pupils at school level lag Asians (Shanghai, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore) by one to three years in different areas (Studies by Grattan Institute & OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment (PISA))

ii. scientific researchers based in developing countries increased from 30% in 2002 to 38% in 2007 – UNESCO

iii. Asia accounted for 50% GDP global growth in the past 5 years and currently constitutes 28% of the World’s GDP which would be around 50% by 2020

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Private/Public SectorInability of public sector universities to meet the increased demand for both quantity and quality, particularly due to

i. decreased funding per student and

ii. government

bureaucracyPrivate universities are coming up strongly to fill in the gap

i. in Bangladesh, more than 50% students in private universities

Guardians now also want quality education for their wards to be competitive in the ever increasing competitive job market

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Private/Public Sector Cont…Steps to be undertaken/ensured by private higher education initiators to have world-class institution are:

i. closing the gap between university academic and administrative culture and sponsoring culture

ii. funds received from the students as well as obtained and generated from other sources be

released to establish the campus of its own with all modern facilities

iii. qualified and forward-looking university leaders and faculty and staff members be recruited from

home and abroad with decent compensation package.

iv. academic programs be regularly audited internally by relevant external academics of international

repute.v. graduate programs be undertaken along with

undergraduate programs to create a vibrant environment for research activities

vi. interaction with industries and communities as well as with reputed organizations/institutions at the national, regional and international level.

vii. programs be accredited by relevant internationally reputed and recognized accrediting bodies over time.

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Private/Public Sector Cont…• private sector education be treated like any

other private sector of the economy, for example, industry, with the same concessions, support, benefits, etc. as given to them by the Govt.

• some private universities may be established on PPP model basis

• separate higher education regulatory commission appropriate for private universities be established • independent National Accreditation Board/Council be formed (if not yet done) with reputed and credible persons for accrediting the programs in both private and public sector higher education• a contiguous piece of land of reasonable size be provided on payment basis (if not given as a grant for the private students who were also supposed to be accommodated in the public universities)• provide full scholarships to at least 5 to 10% top students depending on the ranking of the private universities which is, in fact, given to all the students in the public universities in Bangladesh• a limited number of internationally reputed foreign universities be encouraged to have their outer campuses maintaining the same standard and/or joint venture/partnership programs with the local universities.

- Role of National Governments/Ministry of Education/UGCs

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Regional Cooperation

World-class higher

education

a huge task involving

huge funds

leadership

expertise

experience, etc.

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Regional Cooperation Cont…

Regional support

and cooperati

on be very

useful in some of

the areas

faculty and course curricula

development and

upgrading/updating, through strong faculty

exchange programs sharing the best

teaching-learning

practices and educational resources

facilitation of initiatives for research and development

works through collaborative

research programs and

holding of seminars,

workshops etc.

university community

diversifications

raising funds through the

participation of individuals/organizations in the private sector

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Regional Cooperation Cont…May lead to

the establishme

nt of the proposed

private sector SEACO

University in Bangladesh

as discussed in the 2nd

International Conference

on Islam and Higher

Education held on 14-

16 November 2011 in

Malaysia emphasizing

initiative taken by SEACO Foundation Bangladesh

with the cooperation of SEACO Task

Force Malaysia

cooperation of the private

sectors of the five OIC member

countries in the region, viz.

Bangladesh, Brunei

Darussalam, Indonesia,

Maldives and Malaysia

need of world-class

knowledgeable and skilled

manpower at the tertiary level imbued with the

spirit of dedication,

sacrifice and service as

enshrined in the Holy Quran.

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Thank You