Topic ::: Essay (50 Marks)

Title of Essay ::: Quality Education

Key Notes ::: Quality Education means a set skills necessary for academic and social life. Quality
education involves critical thinking, learning to work with others and work independently. We need
better education for a better world.
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Quality Education
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Quality education has become the most talked-about topic in the field of education in our country
and in the global arena as well. Is there any concrete answer to the question what is quality
education? Though different educationists define it in different ways, they indicate some particular
but common things which together talk about quality education. Quality education means teaching
not just facts, but how to determine those facts. It involves critical thinking, learning to work with
others and work independently, a broad range of subjects. Quality education does not necessarily
mean just to score higher grades in public examinations. When a student fails to acquire the social
skills but obtains a high grade in the examination it does not talk about quality education. Quality
education talks of a set of skills necessary in our individual, academic and social life and academic
attainment is only a portion of that set of skills. Quality education ensures how to face the realities of
life applying the things learners learn in their academic life. The values that the school passes on to
students, both boys and girls, are as important as the official curriculum. This learning helps equip
students to exercise their rights and overcome obstacles on their path to living the lives they choose.
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Most governments act to protect consumers in the education market by ensuring that institutions are
properly accredited and the qualifications they award are valid and are recognized as of being of
quality. However, the manner in which institutions and degrees are accredited varies a great deal. In
the USA, accreditation and quality assurance is effectively self-regulated by the educational
institutions and faculty through their control of accreditation agencies, although the government does
have some weapons of enforcement, mainly through the withdrawal of student financial aid for
students at any institution that the U.S. Department of Education deems to be failing to meet
standards. In many other countries, government has the ultimate authority to accredit institutions and
approve degrees, although in countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom, this is often
exercised by arms length agencies appointed by government, but consisting mainly of
representatives from the various institutions within the system. These bodies have a variety of
names, but Degree Quality Assurance Board is a typical title. In recent years, some regulatory
agencies such as the United Kingdoms Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education have
adopted formal quality assurance processes.Higher education providers assure themselves that
everyone involved in teaching or supporting student learning is appropriately qualified, supported

and developed.
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In Bangladesh perspective what we actually mean by quality education? Does it mean studying in a
cadet college, or Rajuk College or Viqarunnessa School or Ideal School or Notre Dame College and
getting an A+ or golden A+ in the public examinaiton? Next question comes do these institutions
impart quality education? These institutions actually dont help bloom the sleeping talents of the
learners. They just choose some students among thousands through their set academic and
examination oriented tests which test mainly the memory of the students. The students of these
institutions could be made creative and be given quality education in the real sense of the term. But
they are taught particular type of things from their curriculum following the syllabus. Students are not
made habituated to answer the questions beyond the established tradition. Any deviation of
developing questions or any change in any item bring about serious disaster to the students results.
Quality education will teach them the way of doing things, solving problems of the similar kind they
meet in the classroom. On the basis of the things they learn in the classroom will help them solve
and address the similar kind of problems. But most students cannot do it. When thing is like this, it
means they have not received quality education. If we consider their linguistic ability, we see they
neither can write good Bengali nor can they speak and write good English even after getting very
good grades in public examinations. Their listening ability in English is awfully poor and in terms of
reading, they hardly understand anything beyond their textual items which they practice umpteen
times. If they could answer and do well in the examination facing the questions beyond the tradition,
we could tell that they have received quality education. And learning some absolutely necessary
social skills is an integral part of quality education. A student with good grades often does not know
how to speak before the public, how to speak with the elders, how to behave with a stranger. When
they learn these basic skills, we can say he/she has got quality education. If we ask our students
what is the name of the capital of Bangladesh and the answer isDhaka. Does it show any creativity
of our students? We just give them full marks and certify that he/she is a brilliant student. If we could
ask them why Dhaka has been made the capital of Bangladesh instead of Chittagong, this question
must employ students thoughts and they will strive to find the answer of their own which will be
different from each other. In the same way, if ask them which year Bangladesh achieved
independence, the answer is in 1971. If we ask why we achieved independence would necessitate
the critical thinking of our students. Again, what is the other name of Dhaka, the answer is
Jahangirnagar. If we can ask them why the alternative name of Dhaka is Jahangirnar you think, it
will call for working their brain. Interesting enough, we never set these kind of questions in our public
examinations even in the name of creative questions. Quality education will certainly make the
students creative and develop their thinking process.
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Then the known and famous (?) institutions prepare the already selected students to obtain high

grades in the public examinations. They obtain good grades facing mostly the questions type
mentioned in the previous para. These students get enrolled in medical colleges, engineering
universities, agricultural and general universities and people believe that the schools and colleges
they belonged to offered them quality education. These selected students become doctors,
engineers, agriculturalists and take masers degree. They again have to undergo a civil service test
which is also not analytical. When they work as doctors, they know how to diagnose diseases and
make prescriptions. To become a doctor, giving mental support to the patients, talking to them
sympathetically are the pre-conditions to give medicinal treatment. Our doctors never learn these
things. Engineers know how to make roads, buildings, machineries but they never get the education
that taking bribes is a dishonest task. It harms the society and country. When engineers and other
professionals fail to ensure these things, we can say they have not got quality education. Many
uneducated people who have never been to educational institutions can acquire some skills through
practice, getting involved and being apprentices to others. If they commit crime like taking bribes or
cheating customers, we may not have many questions about their dealings as they never attended
higher educational intuitions. But the students who enjoyed state help and favour for many years to
become doctors, engineers or other professionals, refuse to give help to the poor countrymen and
the state and some do it in exchange of hush money. Obviously we can say these students have not
got quality education. Attaining high academic grades without learning the social skills and
developing human qualities does not talk about quality education.
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, Social media destroys our valuable time. So, social media should be banned.

Social media , assumption ?

. Social media
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Introduction
The argument claims that ( )

Stated in this way the argument .. .

a) manipulates facts and conveys a distorted view of the situation
b) reveals examples of leap of faith, poor reasoning and ill-defined terminology
c) fails to mention several key factors, on the basis of which it could be evaluated
, The conclusion of the argument relies on assumptions for which there is no clear
evidence. Hence, the argument is weak/unconvincing and has several flaws.
Social media
The argument claims that Social media destroys our valuable time. So, it should be banned stated in
this way the argument fails to mention several key factors, on the basis of which it could be

evaluated. The conclusion of the argument relies on assumptions for which there is no clear
evidence. Hence, the argument is weak/unconvincing and has several flaws.

argument assumption
- First the argument readily assumes that ... .. .. ... But it provides no evidence to substantiate the
assumption. ( assumption )

- For example ... ... ... ...... ( assumption )

- The argument could have been much clearer if it explicitly stated that ......... (
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First the argument readily assumes that social media just harm us as its negative effects outweigh its
positive sides. But it provides no evidence to substantiate the assumption. For example, what type of
problem it creates, whether these problems are actually the outcome of social media, or we create
these problems because of having excessive addiction. The argument could have been much clearer
if it explicitly stated that the problems are directly related to social media and by no means, we can
say that we create problems by using social media excessively.
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Second, the argument claims that ...... ( ). This is again a very weak
and unsupported claim as the argument doesnt demonstrate any connection between the facts and
conclusion. In fact, if the argument had provided evidence that ......., the argument would have been
a lot more convincing. ...
Second, the argument claims that social media must be banned. This is again a very weak and
unsupported claim as the argument doesnt demonstrate any connection between the facts and
conclusion. In fact, if the argument had provided evidence that represents a connection between the
social media and effect destroying our time, the argument would have been a lot more convincing.

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- On the other hand, the fact that ......... is also true. statement
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On the other hand, the fact that social media affects our time very detrimentally is true. In some
cases, social media is the pivotal fact worsening our situation.
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If all the above stated facts are taken into consideration, it is rather logical to say that whether
social media is harmful depends on how we utilize it. To be specific, the author must present valid
reasons to prove the accepted conclusion. If not, the above stated argument will remain fallacious.
if all the above stated facts are taken into consideration,......... to be specific, the author must
represent valid reason to prove accepted conclusion. If not, the above stated argument will remain
fallacious.
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In conclusion, the argument is flawed for the above-mentioned reasons and is therefore
unconvincing. It could be considerably strengthened if the author clearly mentioned all the relevant
facts.........In order to assess the merits of a certain situation/decision, it is essential to have full
knowledge of all contributing factors. In this particular case........Without this information, the
argument remains unsubstantiated and open to debate.

In conclusion, the argument is flawed for the above-mentioned reasons and is therefore
unconvincing. It could be considerably strengthened if the author clearly mentioned all the relevant
facts, including how social media harms us, why we cannot receive benefit from it, our knowledge
and ignorance etc..In order to assess the merits of a certain situation/decision, it is essential to have
full knowledge of all contributing factors. In this particular case we need to establish a sound relation
between social media and our problem, which is not given. Without this information, the argument
remains unsubstantiated and open to debate.
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