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Bangladesh makes debut to education export in foreign lands
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
DHAKA, Sept 8, 2012 (BSS) - Bangladesh is going to make
debut as an exporter of knowledge and education to a foreign
land, after a private maritime institute got approval from
Mauritius recently to open up a campus near Port Louis in order
to train Mauritius students on shipbuilding and naval
architectures, sector insiders and officials confirmed here
today.
The Cambridge Maritime College (CMC), a British accredited
institute, has partnered with Australia International Education
to offer an initial six-month semester to 40 Mauritius and
African students in the Mauritius campus.
These students will, however, be required to study for
another-two-and-half years in Dhaka to complete their three-year
Bachelor of Science (Bs.C) degree. Four teachers from Bangladesh
will be dispatched to Mauritius soon begin the semester from
January next.
"This is going to be a landmark development in education and
maritime sectors in Bangladesh," Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of
parliamentary standing committee on Education, told BSS, when
approached for comments over phone this afternoon.
"Earlier, Bangladesh institutes used to provide education to
a number of students from many countries up to eighties, but
things turned an opposite direction as education quality
deteriorated quickly under military rules."
Director of the pioneering CMC Khorshed Alam said he has
been motivated and convinced enough to open up overseas campuses
of his CMC maritime institute, which started its journey in 2008,
in order to facilitate high-income overseas employment for
Bangladesh nationals and re-brand Bangladesh in the area of
knowledge and technology transfers.
According to United Nation's maritime review 2011 report,
the world maritime industry that involves shipbuilding, human
resource development and cargo transportations was growing at a
faster rate (28 per cent) than anytime before. Countries such as
the Philippines, China, India, South Korea and Turkey have been
dominating the maritime world, where Bangladesh has just stepped
in.
"But compared to our presence as newcomer in maritime
business, Bangladesh has made tremendous progress with ocean
going vessels being built in local shipyards, while private
institutes coming forward to cater skilled seafarers for domestic
and internationals ship companies, shipyards, port authorities
and management companies," Khorshed said, adding Mauritius has
already got positive impressions about the standard of education
in Bangladesh.
Kishore Ramdayan, managing director of Australia
International Education, said Bangladesh has been proved as one
of the best destinations for Mauritius and African students to
get maritime education, because of the cost effectiveness,
practical shipyard training facilities, and an ever improving
quality of education in Bangladesh private institutes.
"Unfortunately Mauritius doesn't have any facility for maritime
education."
"A Bs.C in shipbuilding or naval architecture requires
$70,000 is Australia, while it would cost only $ 16,000-$20,000
with a Bangladesh institute," Kishore said over phone from Port
Louis, suggesting students from other countries to cheque with
Bangladesh institutes that are approved by Edexcel, the largest
education awarding body in the United Kingdom, which operates
25,000 educational institutes worldwide.
A senior government official said the government appreciated
the initiatives taken by CMC and vowed to continue offer support
from the government to spread Bangladesh education to rest of the
world.
He said thousands of students now go to foreign institutes
for higher studies, while many local institutes have earned
international standard to offer education. "The CMC initiative is
the 'very first' Bangladesh initiative to export education to a
foreign country."
Bangladesh has around 60 shipyards, six of them now export
ocean-going vessel to Europe and other countries, while its 4,323
marine offers, employed in merchant ships, alone earn around 14
percent of remittances.
The country has only one institute in public sector, while 12
others in private sector, who together produce a small number of
seafarers compared to its annual demand for 220,000 marine
professionals.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
DHAKA, Sept 8, 2012 (BSS) - Bangladesh is going to make
debut as an exporter of knowledge and education to a foreign
land, after a private maritime institute got approval from
Mauritius recently to open up a campus near Port Louis in order
to train Mauritius students on shipbuilding and naval
architectures, sector insiders and officials confirmed here
today.
The Cambridge Maritime College (CMC), a British accredited
institute, has partnered with Australia International Education
to offer an initial six-month semester to 40 Mauritius and
African students in the Mauritius campus.
These students will, however, be required to study for
another-two-and-half years in Dhaka to complete their three-year
Bachelor of Science (Bs.C) degree. Four teachers from Bangladesh
will be dispatched to Mauritius soon begin the semester from
January next.
"This is going to be a landmark development in education and
maritime sectors in Bangladesh," Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of
parliamentary standing committee on Education, told BSS, when
approached for comments over phone this afternoon.
"Earlier, Bangladesh institutes used to provide education to
a number of students from many countries up to eighties, but
things turned an opposite direction as education quality
deteriorated quickly under military rules."
Director of the pioneering CMC Khorshed Alam said he has
been motivated and convinced enough to open up overseas campuses
of his CMC maritime institute, which started its journey in 2008,
in order to facilitate high-income overseas employment for
Bangladesh nationals and re-brand Bangladesh in the area of
knowledge and technology transfers.
According to United Nation's maritime review 2011 report,
the world maritime industry that involves shipbuilding, human
resource development and cargo transportations was growing at a
faster rate (28 per cent) than anytime before. Countries such as
the Philippines, China, India, South Korea and Turkey have been
dominating the maritime world, where Bangladesh has just stepped
in.
"But compared to our presence as newcomer in maritime
business, Bangladesh has made tremendous progress with ocean
going vessels being built in local shipyards, while private
institutes coming forward to cater skilled seafarers for domestic
and internationals ship companies, shipyards, port authorities
and management companies," Khorshed said, adding Mauritius has
already got positive impressions about the standard of education
in Bangladesh.
Kishore Ramdayan, managing director of Australia
International Education, said Bangladesh has been proved as one
of the best destinations for Mauritius and African students to
get maritime education, because of the cost effectiveness,
practical shipyard training facilities, and an ever improving
quality of education in Bangladesh private institutes.
"Unfortunately Mauritius doesn't have any facility for maritime
education."
"A Bs.C in shipbuilding or naval architecture requires
$70,000 is Australia, while it would cost only $ 16,000-$20,000
with a Bangladesh institute," Kishore said over phone from Port
Louis, suggesting students from other countries to cheque with
Bangladesh institutes that are approved by Edexcel, the largest
education awarding body in the United Kingdom, which operates
25,000 educational institutes worldwide.
A senior government official said the government appreciated
the initiatives taken by CMC and vowed to continue offer support
from the government to spread Bangladesh education to rest of the
world.
He said thousands of students now go to foreign institutes
for higher studies, while many local institutes have earned
international standard to offer education. "The CMC initiative is
the 'very first' Bangladesh initiative to export education to a
foreign country."
Bangladesh has around 60 shipyards, six of them now export
ocean-going vessel to Europe and other countries, while its 4,323
marine offers, employed in merchant ships, alone earn around 14
percent of remittances.
The country has only one institute in public sector, while 12
others in private sector, who together produce a small number of
seafarers compared to its annual demand for 220,000 marine
professionals.
