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Challenges in Higher Agricultural Education in Bangladesh

M. A. Kashem
Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The economy of Bangladesh is mainly dependent on agriculture; agricultural development in the country to a great extent is dependent on the contribution of quality agricultural graduates. Agricultural universities on Bangladesh are responsible for producing competent agricultural graduates to cater the needs of the farmers and help them to solve the problems towards higher agricultural production. The existing course curricula and syllabi of the agricultural universities, in many cases, cannot meet the demand of the farmers, especially in the case of crisis situation like salinity, drought, disaster, climatic change etc. In the present article the challenges in higher agricultural education in Bangladesh has been critically reviewed. The present status of higher agricultural education, and challenges in higher agricultural education on different aspects have been discussed. The challenges need to be addressed if the quality agricultural graduates have to be produced by the agricultural universities.

Keywords: Challenges, Agricultural, Education, Bangladesh

Location: Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University ,Mymensingh

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Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Data collection and collation

Objectives:

To state the present status of higher agricultural education in Bangladesh and highlight the challenges that have to face to bring congenial atmosphere towards achieving the target for quality higher agricultural education at the universities.

Methodology:

Data were collected by the researcher himself from Bangladesh Agricultural University and different secondary sources.

Source of Information: Progress. Agric. 24(1 & 2): 61 – 68, 2013 ISSN 1017-8139

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Achievement/Findings:

The quality of higher agricultural education in Bangladesh is not up to the standard of the advanced as well as other South Asian and South-east Asian developing countries. In almost each and every country has now Accreditation Council at the national level to approve the degrees offered by the universities while the universities have their own Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in order to administer, guide, supervise and monitor the various aspects of quality of education. The days are not far when the degrees offered by the Agricultural Universities and other allied universities in Bangladesh will not recognized by the International Accreditation Councils unless Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is established at the universities and Central Accreditation Council is formed at the national level.

Knowledge Management: Journal