It is shocking to learn that teachers at public universities in Bangladesh remain absent as they do not need to take proper approval for leave, lack accountability, and give priority to part-time classes over their regular job. According to a recent report published by the University Grants Commission (UGC), teachers of the country’s 37 public universities were absent in 24 percent of their workdays in 2018 It is very unfortunate for us as a nation that our government spends millions of money from its budget to equip teachers with adequate training but these doctors neglect their duties. Besides, a large number of teachers do not come back after going abroad to get higher degrees at government expense. Experts are of the opinion that due to moral degradation of teachers, quality of higher education in Bangladesh has dropped and ranking of the public universities has downgraded among the universities in the world.
In order to put an end to such unethical practices,
constant vigilance from the part
of authorities concerned is a must.
Improving the quality of education in Bangladesh has always been a high priority for governments and a large share of the education budget in Bangla¬desh goes to the teachers’ pocket working with the public universities. As salaries are used inefficiently because of poor motivation and performance of teachers, a large chunk of public money gets wasted. Hence, evaluating the performance of teacher is crucial for reinforcing the country’s health system ability. One major source of inefficient use of salaries is excessive absence ofpublic university teachers. The absence of teachers in the public hospital is one of the worst indiscretions affecting thousands of people across the country. teachers appoin¬ted at public universities have long been involved in private practices, ignoring their duties at their respective workplaces. As a result, students have been the victim of such unlawful and unethical practices over the past many years. This is sheer injustice by all means and those teachers engaged in such depravity are shame to the noble profession. Since ages, teachers have been put on the pedestal of being GOD. But in today’s capitalistic world where materialism and corruption has crept into every sphere of life, teachers are deviating away from the original purpose of their noble profession.
In order to put an end to such unethical practices, constant vigilance from the part of authorities concerned is a must. Also there is a need to enact a new and concrete law to ensure harsh punishment to those truant teachers.
