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Article: Enrollment in public universities falls in recent years, THE INDEPENDENT
- Article from:
- The Independent (Bangladesh)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2002
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The rate of enrollment in tertiary level education in Bangladesh is
below
6 per cent, perhaps one of the lowest in the world with enrollment
in the
public universities in Bangladesh is going down in recent years, a
study
on higher education reveals.
The growth rate of enrollment in public universities including the
National University and the Open University was minus 0.20 per cent
in
1998, according to University Grants Commission (UGC) sources. In
1997
it was 1.2 per cent while the enrollment was 1.9 per cent and 5.1
per cent
in 1996 and 1995 respectively.
The public universities are not in a position to enroll more students
than the existing facilities allow. Of the ...