Retired Commodore Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan has sharply criticized Bangladesh’s higher education system, calling it a national disaster marked by poor quality universities, political interference, and rampant commercialization. Writing on June 5, 2026, he cited a UNESCO survey claiming Bangladesh leads South Asia in postgraduate degree rates, but contrasted it with 2025 global rankings that excluded any Bangladeshi universities from the top 800. He argued that the country’s universities have become certificate factories producing unemployable graduates.
Bhuiyan blamed unregulated private universities, corrupt trustee boards, and politically appointed vice-chancellors for eroding academic standards. He noted that 27.8 percent of higher-educated youth remain unemployed, describing this as a “living grave of talent.” He also linked the decay to partisan student politics and administrative corruption that have replaced research and merit with loyalty and profit motives.
As a solution, Bhuiyan urged the government to halt indiscriminate university admissions and redirect national budgets toward vocational and technical education. Citing China’s selective higher education model and his own experience establishing the Bangladesh Navy Dockyard Technical Institute, he argued that hands-on training could transform youth into a productive workforce and rescue the nation’s future.
কমডোর জসীম উদ্দীন ভূঁইয়া (অব.) প্রকাশ : ০৫ জুন ২০২৬, ১১: ০৯ সম্প্রতি ইউনেসকোর একটি চটকদার জরিপ দেখে আমি স্তব্ধ হয়েছি। সেখানে দাবি করা হয়েছে, ২৫ বছর বা তদূর্ধ্ব বয়সি জনগোষ্ঠীর প্রায় ৩ দশমিক ৭০ শতাংশ মাস্টার্স ডিগ্রিধারী নিয়ে বাংলাদেশ উচ্চশিক্ষার হারে
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