Resumen de Access in Higher Education: Provisions for the Matured Students in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, a south-Asian developing country, is facing a unique development challenge towards developing human capital for economic boost. Though higher education is getting popular day by day with more and more students intake, but the in the pitfall, the access of the matured students in higher education remain limited. At post-MDG period, the higher education is now in focus in SDG goals and the discussion around lifelong educational opportunities is becoming prominent but that yet failed to secure access of matured students at higher education in Bangladesh. Therefore, this study is targeting to explore the existing provisions and policy framework for accessing higher education by the matured students in Bangladesh. The primary findings illustrates that there is no significant accessibility for the matured students to gain access in higher education due to lack of necessary policy framework. Moreover, the higher privatization ratio and nonexistence of higher education accreditation council poses a serious threat to the quality issues in higher education. In addition, the higher financial values and stereotype MBA oriented higher education opportunities stance a challenge for the matured students to access higher education in Bangladesh. However, many advanced societies has overcome the challenges which could be a great model for Bangladesh to replicate towards resolving the issues.
