Is it a problem that lies with our students, perhaps our professors, or maybe the higher education system itself? There is tendency among our academics -- particularly those who are in a leadership position -- to downplay the importance of global university rankings. One of the major problems within our universities is the documentation of research -- we are failing to let the world know what our universities are doing, to put it simply. Then we have the historically bureaucratic tensions between our universities and the University Grants Commission, problems with teacher recruitment, our admission system, backdated syllabi, and overall the way students are taught at universities. If there is any place for our universities to start fixing their institutions and thus advancing the state of our national higher education, let it be the bathrooms.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 18, 2019 12:45 UTC