Situation of E-Management in Higher education in Bangladesh

Abstract

Information and communication Technology (ICT) is now a source of value for many organization both public and private across many industry sectors and in many countries both developed and less developed. A gain in productivity across the whole economy that benefits all citizens can be shown to flow from effective use of ICT. The major objective of this study was to explore the use of ICT in academic and administrative activities in higher educational institutions especially the public universities in Bangladesh for quality education. The major focus of this thesis is to investigate the current status of availability of ICT in higher education of Bangladesh. To explore the volume of using ICT in higher education academic and administrative activities. To gain competitive advantage in higher education sector it is urgently need to adopt E-Management in our work place to keep pace. In this qualitative and empirical research, we conducted an intensive field study and, therefore, the information presented based on both primary and secondary sources of data. Primary data was collected through questionnaire, observation and semistructure interview. Moreover, a special emphasis was given to the participatory approaches in all aspects of primary data collection of the study. The primary sources were the institution itself, teachers, students and classroom teaching learning activities of higher educational institutions. The prime method of data collection was mainly participatory field investigation. The semi-structure interview was conducted and recorded. The different categories of respondents were selected for collecting primary data which were: Public University Teachers, Dean, Chairman or Head of the department, Classroom/teaching learning activities and Learners/Students. The secondary data was gathered through analysis of ICT documents, research reports, seminar reports, articles and government documents. The expenses of private university are not payable by all citizens. Thus, the public universities are considered as the core Higher education providers in Bangladesh. Thus 3 public universities (BUET, DUET, BSMRAU) and 3 private universities (AUST, UIU, Uttara University) were selected purposively as the sample for this study. 5 teachers were identified from each 6 universities. The stratified sampling strategy was employed for teacher sampling. One of the teachers was selected who are the Head of the department and the Dean of the faculty. Two classroom/teachinglearning observation activity from each 6 universities had been selected purposively. Thus, a total of 12 classroom teaching-learning activities had been observed for collecting data. Ninety students were taken on availability and their interest. This includes exploring the existing infrastructure of ICT, capacity of teachers & staff on using ICT, availability of ICT facilities in the institutions and future challenges. Therefore Readiness of E-Management integration in Higher Education of Bangladesh attempts to explore the situation.