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Present Position of Polytechnic Institute in Bangladesh

by Z Abeden
***Polytechnic students have started terrorism within the Polytechnic campus and other areas. The campus has become a focal point for political parties.
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In the early 50s Ford Foundation established a Po lytechnic Institute at Dhaka. This was al first known as East Pakistan Polytechnic Institute. The alm for
establishing the institute was to m«ct the mid-level
engineers in the industrial sector and other field of engineering. After a time the name of East Pakistan "’olytcchnlc was converted to Dhaka Polytechnic Institute. At that Ume, Polytechnic Diploma holders proved themselves as one of the potential personalities for the industries and other engineering services. In the light of that, and for the rapid development in the industrial sector, and for the need of technical persons in the engineering field. Pakistan Government established Polytechnic Institutes in most of the districts of the erstwhile East Pakistan.
At that time. Polytechnic teachers and specially instructor posts were equivalent to the professors of the government colleges at present the professors of the Government Colleges were redesignated as
assistant professor and the recruitment of the instructors
• are under the direct control of the PSC. Just after Liberation, the government temporally filled up the some instructor's post, on ad hoc basis, from junior Instructors. Most of the promoted Instructors failed to compete the PSC several times, for promotion to be an instructor. This was the first setback for deteriorating the standard of the education in Polytechnic Institute.
In 1978 all the promote instructors were regularised on humanitarian grounds, by defying the established recruitment rule set for the post of Instructors. After that instance. the promotion quota was established through the, bargaining agent of the Polytechnic teachers' representatives, now popularly known as "Bangladesh Polytechnic Shikhak Samltee".
In 1973 another incident was made tn the Directorate of Technical Education for promotion of their favourite persons to the teaching post as junior Instructors from clerks. After examining the case by Bangladesh Public Service Commission, most of the pro-motee junior instructors, who were promoted from the clerks, were reverted to their original post of clerks. Yet among the promoters some of them were managed to retain the post of junior instructor by defying the PSC's objection. It is a matter of wonder that the promoted clerks who retained the post of junior instructor had prescribed the qualification for the post of junior instructor.
In 1974 some junior instructors were appointed on ad hoc basis (without taking any interview) by political backing, and recommendations by
Professor Yousuf Ah. it is reported. Some of them have no minimum qualification for the post it is believed. For that reason they had not ever received any interview card for a regularisation of the post.
In 1982 after proclamation of military rule in the country the government decided to regularise all the adhoc appointees on humanitarian grounds. If they had the quail ftcatlons for the post, they served on adhoc basts. But Directorate of Technical Education regularised all the adhoc appointees. In this case qualification bar was overlooked for special favourite persons of the Directorate. Soon after Commercial Technology attached, with the Polytechnic Institute, demanded a separate identity and a different establishment and for introducing B B A course.
After taking over the charge as Chairman. Mr Bhutyan. in Collaboration with "Bangladesh Polytechnic Shikhak Samlty" introduced what is a popularly known as "Carry Over System". For Introducing this system Polytechnic "Shikhak Samlty" played a pioneer rote for producing quantity production Instead of quality production. In this system one student can be promoted tn the final year without passing any subjects in the first or second year classes. Polytechnic students took full advantage of the system. they become veiy unmindful of their studies, and unruly and diverted themselves in the political activities.
Polytechnic students have started chaos within the Polytechnic campus and other area. For the terrorism activities Polytechnic students become important for the opportunist political parties. At the last stage, the Polytechnic campus become the focal point for the political parties, and harassment of the student of opposition group. Unfair means in the examination is a very nominal matter in Polytechnic scene. Ideal teachers and students become concerned with the front of the illegal force.
Recently the teachers association managed to promote some teachers, showing the general recruitment rule for caderlsm. It is a matter of great regret that about one hundred engineers working in the Polytechnic Institute as Junior instructors i.e. one step lower post proscribed for the engineer. All the engineers art-frustrated by the order Issued by the authority. It may be mentioned here that present Director General, in charge, was promoted from the post o( Junior instructor to Chief Instructor after qualifying the AMIE which was equivalent to the degree of an engineer.
The situation that prevails In the Directorate show that the Directorate is not interested in following the PSC and BCS cadre rule, set for the cadre services in the country.
The senior official of the Directorate including DG (in-charge) are interested in satisfying the present teachers' as soclatlon instead of establishing law and order and implementing the Government rule set for the Government ser vice.
If this condition prevails, the situation of technical education will be a serious national problem.