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Awareness and Acceptance of UK Qualifications in Bangladesh
In-depth Interview (IDI) – Teachers [Public/Private Universities]
I am____________________________ from SRG Bangladesh Limited (SRGB). SRGB is an independent and impartial social & marketing research and management consulting firm of Bangladesh. Currently SRGB is conducting a market research on awareness and acceptance of UK qualification in Bangladesh. In this perspective, we have randomly selected you for an interview. We will research on the opinions provided by you and others. The information that you give shall be kept strictly confidential.
Respondents Name ___________________________________________________________
Name of the University ___________________________________________________________
Designation __________________________________ Department_________________________
Mobile/Telephone ____________________ Email __________________________________
Type of University Public Private
Gender Male Female
Quality Controllar’s Name ___________________________________________________________
Date of Interview _____________________________________________________________
Issues to be Discussed
Objective:
4. To know about acceptance and recognition of UK education in Bangladesh
5. To identify the main reasons for the variable levels of awareness and recognition of UK qualifications.
6. To assess the impact of the growth of the private sector and the continued policy of privatizing of state run assets by the government.
Note: Private and public universities mean private and public universities of Bangladesh only
Sl Questions
1 Which foreign qualifications are known in Bangladesh?
Which UK qualifications are known in Bangladesh?
2 Which foreign qualifications are accepted?
What are their relative acceptance levels in different categories of organizations such as private universities, public universities, GoB, multinational companies, national large private companies, etc?
What are their relative acceptance levels at your organization?
3 Which UK universities are known in Bangladesh?
What are their acceptance levels in general?
What are their relative acceptance levels at your organization?
4 Apart from subject knowledge, what skills are essential and how are they currently assessed?
What are their relative importance or weight levels?
5 What are reasons for acceptance/non-acceptance of foreign qualifications, in general, and UK qualifications, in particular?
Are their priorities and preferences regarding to local and foreign degrees in different organizations in Bangladesh?
What are the areas employers provide trainings to their employees? How do they deliver these trainings?
6 In general, what are the ratios between students coming from Bangla and English medium schools applying for private and public universities of Bangladesh, and universities of overseas countries?
How is English tested in the admission test by different categories of universities?
7 What are the profile of students following professional/vocational exams-school medium attended (English/Bangla)?
Why are they doing this rather than university course?
8 What are the emerging areas of growth for university education?
How many students will be willing of pursuing studies in these areas in public, private, and foreign universities?
How many students could be interested for UK universities?
What are the trends of students studying for foreign qualifications by distance learning?
9 Would the market accept vocational award which are tested through locally marked practical but moderated overseas?
Would these have the same level of acceptance as qualifications tested through formal exams?
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How are following factors shaping the demand of education provided by top private, UK, and other foreign universities and professional bodies:
• accessibility
• Recognition of by prospective employers
• Getting immigration
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1 What are the sectors where recognition and acceptance of UK education is weak, but market opportunities are high and UK universities are capable to serve them?
Why are recognition and acceptance weak?
How should UK universities address them?
What is the attractiveness of UK/foreign education through local study or couching centers?
What could be likely public policies shaping delivery of UK/foreign university education through local study or couching centers?
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2 What are the areas of opportunities where UK education and service providers could be competitive?
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At what level awareness and acceptance are affecting the UK education in Bangladesh?
What are the main sources of knowledge to know about UK education?
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4 What are the key reasons for the variable levels of awareness and recognition of UK education in different subject areas?
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5 What are the opportunities and constraints faced by the private sector education to grow in Bangladesh?
What are policy constraints to improve capacity, quality, and diversity of degrees?
What are quality levels of private education?
Why are the areas the quality is suffering in private universities?
How is public policy framework forcing private universities to improve quality of education?
What is the role of competition among private universities to improve the quality of education?
Is the revenue earned by private universities enough to improve quality education to a satisfactory level?
Is their any development to deal with access to finance issue to make private education more affordable among top grade students?
What is the acceptance level of qualifications provided by private universities among
• Immigration authorities of USA, UK, Canada, Australia, etc
Why are the limitations of private universities to improve the quality of education?
How much progress private universities are making to improve the quality of education?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of graduates of top five private universities of Bangladesh?
How is acceptance level of private university education changing in Bangladesh?
How far is it becoming a substitute to foreign university education?
What are the impacts of the growth of the private sector and the continued policy of privatizing of state run assets by the government on UK education?
What are the impacts of the growth of the private sector and the continued policy of privatizing of state run assets by the government on UK education?
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6 What are the opportunities of addressing potential market failures (i.e, imbalance between supply and demand) in providing quality education in the private sector?
How far the imbalance between supply and demand of quality education provided by private universities?
How far private university management and governance committed to address quality issues of private university education?
How far universities can mobilize resources to address constraints to quality education?
Is willingness to pay of the society for quality education good enough to finance the delivery of such education?
How far the public policy can play conducive role to improve the quality?