Middle-class and education
Rifat Mahbub, Dhaka University
Talking about price hike of every kind of commodities is quite common among the people of all strata. Especially during Budget declaration, general people pray for one single thing that is they don't want any more price hike. But unfortunately, the prices of necessary commodities go up and people try hard to make an adjustment between limited income and the ever-growing expanses. But we seldom think or talk about the growing expenses in educational sector. In our country it seems that providing decent education for children of middle-class family is getting tougher day by day. In this competitive society, private tutors are necessary for obtaining good result. Most of the students of Science Group in S.S.C and H.S.C level need at least four or five teachers to obtain a standard grade and for doing better the number of private tutors goes up. In the case of Arts and Commerce, the students also have to take tuition to at least two or three teachers. Moreover, the fees of the private colleges are exorbitant, almost beyond the reach of the middle-class. Most parents prefer private institutions for their children to ensure better results. But, unfortunately most of the time they fail to do so because of financial constraint. Therefore, they eventually end up in public universities.
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