Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar has emphasized that no nation can progress if education and healthcare are treated as private commodities. “These must remain state responsibilities,” he said.

Speaking as an advisor, he stressed the need for volunteer services alongside government initiatives. “If implemented properly, these could advance the nation,” he noted.

Criticizing the current system, he argued that education reforms remain superficial and continue to produce “clerks” as per colonial legacy. He highlighted the weak educational backgrounds of Bangladeshi migrants, leading to low global earnings.

“By privatizing education and healthcare, we serve only a handful of elites at the cost of national interest,” he concluded.