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1、1Development of On-line Information Dissemination for Distance Learning in Bangladesh ABSTRACTThe distance education programme in Bangladesh was originally conceived in 1974. The relevant section of the Kudrat-e-Khuda Education Commission says, “With the present education system there should be ampl
2、e scope for part-time, drop-out and irregular students, so that they can achieve higher education. All the irregular students should have been given scope to sit for the examination, in this case, evening course can be started. To achieve this goal, an Open University can be started like U.K. Bangla
3、desh joined the world body of open/distance learning in 1981 through an Inter- Ministerial Task Force. Later, in 1985 by offering B. ed. Course “Bangladesh Institute of Distance Education (BIDE) was established. In 1992, under the act of Bangladesh Parliament, Bangladesh Open University (BOU) was es
4、tablished. The aim of launching the distance education programme was “to expand all levels of education, knowledge and science by a diversity of means including the use of technology. It intends to provide opportunities of education to all classes of people and create efficient manpower by improving
5、 the quality of education. Bangladesh has achieved a literacy rate of 54%. Bangladesh has 15,293 high schools, and 66,81,212 students are enrolled yearly. About 50% of the high school students fail to pursue higher education due to financial constraints. Many students who are economically sound also
6、 fail to continue higher education because they do not get seats in colleges and universities, resulting in huge drop-outs. Due to serious economic and other social pressures, those who continue to pursue higher education are virtually unable to achieve desired level of educational standard and resu
7、lts. Establishment of BOU and launching of 19 formal and 18 non-formal courses of different level have facilitated enrollment of over 250,000 students from all over Bangladesh. BOU organizes its educational programme through 12 regional centres, 80 local centres, and more than 800 tutorial centres.
8、Each regional and local centre is equipped with a PC, but each regional centre has TV, VCP, VCR, teleconferencing facilities, etc. The enrolled students can use the libraries and multimedia facilities of the regional and local centres. Quality of any education largely depends on the educational faci
9、lities offered to students. Among other things, access to information and information resources are highly important. Although there are library facilities in the regional and local centres, these are not computerized and are not networked. Participants of the courses do not get access to the centra
10、l library of BOU from their own environment or from the access centre. BOU has plans to facilitate access of course participants to information resources from its headquarters in Gazipur, about 30 km from the capital city. But the programme could not be implemented mainly due to financial constraint
11、s. To facilitate and ensure an effective and 2appropriate online distance learning, online access to information and information resources is essentially needed. Bangladesh still has a huge number of drop-outs who can be made worthy citizens by offering them easy education through the open learning/
12、distance education programme. This group of people, if properly educated, can greatly contribute to their economic formation and fate, particularly of the rural people.1. Introduction Bangladesh is one of the seven south Asian countries. It is bounded by India on three sides: the west, the north, an
13、d the north-east, and on the south-east by Burma, and the Bay of Bengal on the south. The area of Bangladesh is 1,47,570 sq. k. m. The total population is estimated to be 130 million in 2000, the population growth rate being 2.1 per annum. The density of population was 755 per sq. k. m. in 1991, and
14、 it is expected that at the end of 2000 A. D. the figure would be reaching to 881. The percentage of urban people is 20.1, while that of the rural is area 79.9.1 The Muslim ruled the country for over five and a half centuries from 1201 to 1757 A. D. This territory was ruled by the British for nearly
15、 190 years from 1757 to 1947. During 1947 to 25 March 1971, this geographical territory was known as East Pakistan. On 26th March 1971, Bangladesh was declared as an independent and sovereign state. It is true that Bangladesh is facing acute economic hardship. The per capita income is US $ 350.5 Due
16、 to economic constraints and poor social infrastructures, most of the average people cannot stand on stable footings.2. Education and Culture “The foundation of the educational system in Bangladesh was laid down during the period of British rule; the system has three levels primary, secondary, and higher education.2 Primary education, which is yet to be made absolutely free and compulsory, for the children attaining 10 year plus,
