Brain drain- an alarming & impending loss for the nations.
Brain drain- an alarming & impending loss for the nations.
At the out set of attempting this write –up, I had better stir and storm my brain and way of thinking on which I will spontaneously be able to place and bring to light almost true and living reality of today’s much talked issue brain drain that can ,in particular, be an ultimate threat and defalcation to our existence.
I am quite sure that the topic about which my pen is on the way is, of course ,a milestone for the present and in suing generation. Debate and argument may origin whether this one is burning issue or not . I do believe that it is and had been the discussing matter in round table to tea stall . we know well enough that nation’s backbone is nothing but educated community. In real sense ,our fate is too much bad as because we are not caring for our millions of potential students rather we feel pleasure to work for our own interest availing which amounts burying the nation. Anyway, every year millions of talents are going to other countries like English speaking countries. With this tradition, a sound amount is being sent to other countries that is also creating a noticeable drawback and currency fluctuation in our economy.
We also see that a good number of English medium backed students are crossing the border of Bangladesh .Whatever we say and claim that will not be able to stop it unless the bodies responsible for this do not attempt to dig out the hundreds of root causes behind this national problem . We know the number of the outgoing students is not negligible rather this can be assumed as an alarming rate .
Our government is governing the country with its own benefits, civil society members and so called intellectuals are even silent in this aspect to talk against in different round table discussion or some thing like that .We should be thinking that the next generation will have great essence for our country as they are far further than us to realize and proceed in any extent for the real development and progress of the democratic spirit .No telling to say and state that time has come to stand against the toxic like brain drain culture to help stabilize the talents inside our country .However, this is not the public speaking stage where only leaders can buzz, but here I would like to utter some bitter truths in this way that in the little bit further future , our existence will be questionable in the World platform unless we check this tendency of going abroad for higher studies. We must remember that water always flows towards slop .
At the moment , I remember a quotation of a talented potential young lawyer Bazlur Rashid Dolon “ he says people of Bangladesh are to some extent jealous and not ready to give value what you know and/ or have already achieved rather try to pretend in such a stupid way that they know all about” Who is also worried about the future of Bangladesh because of brain drain. So ,there is no denying fact that , having the country good enough for higher studies ;the number of the students going to abroad may, in fact , go down and in course of time it may be zero at all. Anyway, this write-up is not for debating but for chalking out the ways to get rid of from this alarming threat to our nation. We should not forget that in every democratic movements, students’ participation and contribution was appreciable and this will remain unchanged forever so far as we concern. But what the country is doing for educating the millions of potential students? It is obvious just like broad day light that, our country’s stuff and nonsense political culture and practice made the students extortionist, snatcher top ranked criminal and so on. Year after year, session jam is normally found in every educational institutions .Apart from this, I should mention that due to political dispute, clash, and unrest; country’s normal way of development is being hampered.
That is why, guardians of the students do not feel secure to send their beloved brilliant offspring to our country’s politically backed and influenced universities and colleges. So, it is, in fact, the reality for what reason students are crossing the border of their b beloved native land. This is not enough reason, as job crisis is also one of the grounds to chase the millions of knowledge expectants towards the developed countries now a days .In true sense, I had better point out that,after being highly educated , job seekers have to face and encounter enormous situation including lobbying , illegal transaction and so on ; only to get well-placed in the dreaming job world . It can undoubtedly be noted that many of the students, being graduated or masters degree holder, have to sell their dwelling land or last asset of their fore fathers only because of meeting the demand of the job managers (brokers).
To be honest, I can say that, students and guardians do not want facing such and such situations; they only want and they only need a secured job and nice life. But has it been possible by any of the past and the ruling government? Absolutely not. Since government’s agenda is to amass the government treasures nothing else. Despite all adverse situation, why our students will remain in our country to spoil their life span? Answer is not dispute free or beyond dispute. We the people have efficiency in criticizing rather than doing and attempting a great and good job. Thereafter, I think it would also be the important reason as session jam and quality of education in our country. More or less, 98% educational institutions of this land are not up to the mark in quality education providing .Some institutes are well managed and providing the global standard education, there is no doubt. In fact, it is just like the discrimination to us.
As quality education is hardly found in our country to adjust with the challenging and competitive world; going to outer world for higher studies is logical enough. Blaming to the outgoing students should not be only our motto. Because in Bangladesh , the scope of higher studies and research is very scarce that supposes and motivates our talented young people to take a U –turn towards overseas countries .Furthermore, It is well-timed and relevant point that , brain drain is nothing but our failure. We see every year thousands and thousands of new students are getting passed and being willing to get educated properly in our country’s universities but it is absolutely true that number of the seats in these universities are limited and that is why almost students seeking higher studies have to look for alternative way. The end result is to go to abroad or to quit the study. Actually, what our government thinks is not clear to us. It should increase the seats or number of the universities in the country as there is a high demand and need which is getting increased in every session.
This may be our bad luck or good luck that our students are comparatively positive in higher education seeking whereas foreign students refuse to get educated after eleven class. Nevertheless, we do not care about that tendency. More importantly, I can and should mention here that, in Bangladesh we do not have any social security. We have no security that in tomorrow’s event we will feel better and get standard than today. In all cases, people are restless and dissatisfied. Regarding this issue, I would like to point out that wild and domestic animals have more sophisticated security than the human being in respect to our country. Where there is no security of life and surety of better future, how so it is possible to waste the valued time of the potential students, not going to overseas for the higher studies. However, true fact is that we need to make the situation favor to higher studies and then ultimately the brain drain will have no controversy.
The word “accountability “is perhaps not known at all by our policy makers and authority. In point blank, I can say universities, colleges and schools are completely reckless to run their institutions according to their own way leading to profit making trend, nothing else. How so far, it will not be excess, if I say govt. and UGC are also responsible for not ensuring the over all accountability of the higher educational bodies. Due to not having accountability, random basis education business is in full swing to achieve their set profit margin. So, why not brain drain will increase bit by bit. Though it is very and absolutely true that Bangladesh is not yet the ready land where students can rely on and study with enveloped idea and knowledge, particularly higher studies. I think it is to be rated and given the highest priority for the sake of nation’s interest nothing more than this .On the other hand, there has wondering matter and practice in our country’s job market. In true sense, I should illuminate the fact in like way that, job has been the tool of recommendation by any maternal or paternal uncles where except lobbying ,there is no job guarantee; it does not matter whether you have achieved the better quality or not .
In reality , being the victim of such explained discrimination, talents avert their view and set mind to land on the other country like developed countries , for example, UK, USA, Canada and Switzerland .In developed countries where the job seekers are rare and govt. chases the educated , semi- educated people to be engaged in job by applying for the post .Even though, some are happy with getting an opted job ; their salary is below standard to live even in sub-standard and side by side the facilities- being provided are not satisfactory , up to the mark of the job seekers as well. There are a bunch of reasons of brain drain like the high hopes, life style changing trend, cultural and emotional impact. And , the word may be put in this way that, going to foreign country or higher studies has been a mere fashion and family tradition to almost ambitious students which in turn mostly make them looser enough. Because only desperate and emotional willingness to go abroad can not be the real yard stick of ultimate knowledge acquiring.
That is to say , those who usually plan and go to abroad only for fashion and because of the family tradition , they , being depressed upon own performance , have to suffer and count a lot of problems in doing so. In fact, it is more or less shame to us that our young generation is loosing patriotic spirit and emotion day by day. More specifically they rest on other’s culture and traditional activities showing thumb to our culture. Lack of patriotism is one of the important reason to be regarded today’s brain drain scoring up. Only the money making sense and selfishness chase the today’s higher education seekers to go abroad, not thinking for the country’s benefit. Although our country has sole responsibility to convince the students not to go abroad, students moral responsibility should also be applied.
By the way, before wrapping up my writes –up , I must say that concern authority , government ,NGOs should have to come forward to work on the issue for checking the students” trend to go abroad and as a matter of fact brain drain will loss its pace.
To last , I ,for obvious reason , would like to convene all to stand in an unique platform , forgetting all misunderstanding or anything else for the greater benefit of our country’s progress trend ; but not increasing the brain drain.