Reflective essay

 

Essay on comparing my Home education and UK online education

 

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela). My home country is Bangladesh, there are various kind of education systems are available, like_ General education, Medical Education, Madrasah Education (Islamic) Vocational, Engineering and Technical. In this essay will be compare my home country education and British education.

 

Education System in Bangladesh: The education system in Bangladesh is separated into three levels.

1.    Primary level       (Class 1-8)

2.    Secondary level (Class 9-12)

3.    Tertiary or University level ( Higher Education)

Primary education begins in class one and continues until class eight. There are two central exams, one in class five, called the Primary School Certificate (PSC), and another in class eight, called the Junior School Certificate (JSC). Next final test is the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) which is held in classes 9 to 10, and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in classes 11 to 12.

After successfully completing the primary and secondary education, the students will be eligible for the University level. I completed my bachelor degree from my home country and I can share my experience about my country’s education system as well. In Bangladesh the teachers are very friendly at the University level but in the primary and secondary level, the teachers are not much friendly and not fair enough. As a result, most of the students are losing interest to join in the classes and they are encouraged to leave the school. In another way, I realized that, at university some of the teachers are very rude behave and they are aged enough, but who are the young and recently joined to the teaching profession, they are very friendly, dedicated to the students and very concerned about the students thoughts.

Furthermore, in Bangladesh, the education system is mainly focused on the theoretical, they depend less on the practical education. That is one of the biggest distance from the British education. The students participating in the exams and writing their answers to the answer sheet. This is the main and major system is to progress primary and secondary education, somewhere the same system is also available at the University level.

 

UK online education:  Primary education, secondary education, further education, and higher education are the four basic components of the British educational system. In the United Kingdom, children are required to attend primary and secondary school from the age of five until they reach the age of sixteen.

 

If I compare with UK education and Bangladesh education system, there is no doubt UK education will be the best, because the UK education system is not only based on theoretical there is also practical, and university courses are shorter than Bangladeshi’s University degree. Where in Bangladesh the university Bachelor degree is four years but in the UK Universities provide three years and there is no session clatter. Due to covid-19 the whole world is facing challenges everywhere. It is affected mostly in education sector. But the online education is only temporary to continue the study. Online education is just keeping the study continued and trying to manage the education system as an emergency. In my opinion it’s a big challenge to continue for a long time to cover as like as face to face education. For the present situation UK online education is excellent, but face to face is more worthy. There is no doubt UK online education best online platform for this pandemic situation. But I hope that, the world is being good soon from this pandemic and we will be able to attend our face to face study.

 

Finally it is clear that, UK education system is much better than my home country education, and the online education is also excellent for as an emergency.

 

References:

Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021. Bangladesh - Education. [online] Available at: <https://www.britannica.com/place/Bangladesh/Education> [Accessed 3 July 2021].

International Student. 2021. UK Education System | Study in the UK. [online] Available at: <https://www.internationalstudent.com/study_uk/education_system/> [Accessed 3 July 2021].