Non-Academic Determinants Influencing Academic Performance: A Study of Services and Facilities at the University of Dhaka
- December 24, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Pronita Dutta
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh
Abstract:-Universities are the bedrock for higher learning, creative thinking and innovation. Universities need to offer the desired infrastructure to create an enabling environment for learning, teaching and research to reach global standards in education. In Bangladesh, only a few studies have explored education quality of universities and most of these are on private ones and no study has been undertaken to assess basic infrastructural conditions in public universities, especially the Dhaka University. This paper intends to fill the gap by inquiring into the extent Dhaka University has made its physical infrastructure convenient for students and researchers and what resources are available for their learning.
Keywords: University Infra-structure, Global Standards of Education, Private University of Bangladesh
I. INTRODUCTION
Universities are the bedrock for higher learning, creative thinking and innovation. They seek to carve the complete person with wisdom and sensibilities. Universities need to offer the desired infrastructure to create an enabling environment for learning, teaching and research to reach global standards in education. Without adequate infrastructural support, both faculty and students are unable to realize their real potential. It is a truism that many public universities in Bangladesh languish under poor infrastructural conditions and thus deterred from giving the best education to their students. The Faculty of Arts building(FAB) of the University of Dhaka—the premier university in the country, is a case in point. Its architecture is archaic and physical facilities dilapidated. With the vast number of students often having to use small classrooms and remain contended with outmoded learning aids do not serve any academic purposes. The Faculty of Social Sciences building (FSSB) is a new structure that is yet to become fully functional, while the Faculty of Business Studies building (FBSB) illustrates a modern, self-sufficient edifice with adequate provisions for educational and recreational facilities.
