BANGLADESH: Population growth driving up HE demand

To catch up with India's level of education Bangladesh will need an additional 674 universities and 84,113 professors by 2025, according to Professor Halimur R Khan, writing in the Daily Star. Even just coping with current population expansion will require a massive increase in capacity.

From 148 million people in 2005, the population of Bangladesh will grow to 192.9 million in just 20 years. This population explosion will impact almost all aspects of life, and most importantly on the education system. Especially affected will be the capacity of the current education system to absorb students at college, graduate and postgraduate levels, and the need for new teachers.

"Unless we realise the enormity of the impact of this population growth and adopt appropriate measures for the education sector, it will result in worsening of the quality and capacity of the nation's education system," the professor writes.
Full report on the Daily Star's website