Public university teachers
It is essential to mention that a university is not only a place for knowledge dissemination, rather it is a place for cultivation of knowledge. Newer and newer branches of knowledge should be developed at a university. Mutual participation of students and teachers is the key element of knowledge cultivation. But unfortunately, in recent times most public university teachers are not interested to get involved with that gracious process. They are not showing adequate respect to this noble profession. Professionalism is declining day by day. Those teachers are forgetting the issue of commitment; the most necessary thing for this profession. To be a public university teacher one must have excellent academic background, which is expected to be further developed in their teaching career.
But many of them have converted teaching as a side business whereby they utilise the brand name "university teacher" to attain personal and economic goals. They take classes in several private universities, do consultancy in private firms, and become advisor in multinational companies and so on. The house of their own, public university, is deprived.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The best students of the country get admitted in public universities after sitting for a highly competitive admission test. In the very beginning of university life they envision a lot many things. But those dreams and expectations become unrealistic when they find teachers missing classes regularly with or without prior notice.
It is not students' fault to study with lower tuition fees, as the government is providing a huge amount of money as subsidy. The teachers take classes in private universities with full care and responsibility. They take class quizzes, give assignments, arrange mid term exams and publish results with a given deadline. Actually, at private universities teachers are bound to follow certain rules and regulations regarding academic affairs.
Most private universities are now passing through a controversial phase of their operation, which forces these institutions to regularly monitor teachers' performance.