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Certificate trade in guise of teachers' training

Most private TT colleges are not equipped to offer courses

SURANJITH DEABNATH
Almost all private teachers training (TT) colleges are incompetent and allegedly engaged in "selling certificates" as the government has yet to take any action against these institutions.
According to a survey of the education ministry, 89 private TT colleges and six private universities out of a total of 100 such institutions are unfit to offer training courses, especially for Bachelor of Education (BEd) and Master of Education (MEd).
"Quality teachers are needed for ensuring quality education in the country. But how can we expect quality teachers when anyone can easily get certificates with good results from private TT colleges or universities even without attending classes, doing assignments and receiving practical training?" said Prof Taslima Begum, principal of Dhaka GovernmentTTCollege.
She added the whole nation would be paralysed if professional degrees like BEd are not provided properly.
Academicians suggest inspection at all private TT colleges with instant action to penalise or even disaffiliate any institutions failing to fulfil minimum conditions, especially college premises, mate-
rials, methodology, record keeping, teaching practice and students' attendance.
Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said a committee will be formed to monitor these colleges and check all kinds of irregularities.
"Allegations are rife that private TT colleges are providing certificates without quality training to the students. We'll take stern action
FROM PAGEi against those colleges. For this purpose, a committee comprising top officials of the education ministrywill be formed very soon,” said the adviser.
It is widely alleged that most of the time the private TT colleges remain closed. During a visit to a large number of such institutions in and around the capital, it was found that the rooms were dark and .dusj^ and most of did pi^es of iufmture were broken.
It could be easily realised that most of the rooms were not used for long and the colleges were unfit to offer BEd degree.
A committee led by Education Joint Secretary Shafiullah investigated the activities of IT colleges from May 2006 to March 2007 and found a lot of irregularities. The committee has categorised the colleges in four groups examining the education quality in BEd and MEd courses.
The categories are red, grey, yellow and green. Red indicates the worst situation, grey represents poor condition, yellow medium quality and green refers to well performingTT colleges.
Seven colleges have been marked red. 33 grey, another 33 yellow, while only five private and 14 public colleges earned green.
The committee recommended that the National University cancel the red-marked institutions --College of Education in Jhalakathi, Patuakhali Teachers Training College, Dakkhinbanga Teachers Training College in Patuakhali, Dakkhinbanga Teachers Training College in Moukaran in Patuakhali. College of Education in Barisal, Pirojpur Teachers Training College and College of Education in Comilla.
Sources in the education ministry say six private universities also provide BEd degree and their quality is tremendously low. The universities are Eastern University, Shanta Mariam University, Asian
University, World University, Northern University and Uttara University.
The education ministry issued an order in September 2007 stating that outer campuses of the private universities cannot offer BEd degree, but none is paying any heed.
"The trainees of the government TT colleges need to write and submit 28 assignments during then training, wjiereas the private TT colleges don't maintain an} such criteria. Their teachers collect the assignments from nearest government TT colleges and give those to their trainees, who just copy and submit those to their authorities," a teacher of Dhaka GovernmentTT College said.
National University affiliates private TT colleges, most of which continue offering BEd course in spite of their failure to meet the requirements. Most of the poor performing colleges got permission during tenure of former vice-chancellor of NU Prof Aftab Ahmed, sources say.
M Mozammel Haq, president of Private TT Colleges Teachers Association, denied the allegations and said selling certificates in these institutions is not true.
"The government should not create discriminations between the public and private TT colleges. The government teachers receive modern training regularly and even go abroad. But we don't get such opportunities. We request the government to provide special training for us to improve our quality, "he said.