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Country Report : Bangladesh Presentation by Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury Vice Chancellor, BRAC University Planning Meeting : Enhancing Research and Education Connectivity to and within South Asia 26 April, 2007. Outline of Presentation. Higher Education and Research in Bangladesh

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  1. Country Report : BangladeshPresentation by Professor Jamilur Reza ChoudhuryVice Chancellor, BRAC UniversityPlanning Meeting : Enhancing Research and Education Connectivity to and within South Asia26 April, 2007

  2. Outline of Presentation • Higher Education and Research in Bangladesh • Access to Internet • National ICT Infrastructure • Past Efforts • Recent Initiatives • Strategic Plan for Higher Education • The Road Ahead

  3. Higher Education and Research Scenario • Universities • Public : 25 • Private : 52 • Colleges under National University :  1500 • Open University : 1 • Total number of students in all the institutions • 1 million • 0.7% of population (146 million) • Research Institutions :  30

  4. Students in Higher Education in 2004-05

  5. Comparison with other Countries • in Bangladesh approx. 4% of the 17-23 years age group receive higher education • India : 12% • Malaysia : 29% • Thailand : 37% • OECD countries : 51% • Middle income countries : 21%

  6. Access to Internet in HEIs Connectivity • Most of the universities (31 private and 8 public) are dependent on “broadband” (4-64 Kbps) for their internet connectivity • Only 4 of the private universities and 3 public universities have their own VSAT.

  7. Past Efforts to set up network among HEIs • BERNET (Bangladesh Educational and Research Network) • Set up by UGC in 1998; connected to local ISP • 2 Universities (DU and BUET) connected through 64 Kbps radio link • 5 more connected through dial-up connection • No longer functional • BANSLINK (Bangladesh Scientific Link) • Set up by Ministry of S&T in 1998 through BANSDOC • Linking libraries (S&T) through dial-up connection • Failed to take-off

  8. Internet Connectivity In 2005 : • Registered ISP : 145 • Active ISP : 73 • Registered VSAT licensee : 67 • VSAT Hub Licensee: 4 (1 active) • Aggregate Internet Bandwidth :  50 Mbps • Aggregate Internet Bandwidth for all HEIs  6 Mbps

  9. Exisitng National Infrastructure • SEA-ME-WE 4 • 10 Gbps • Commissioned in May, 2006 • ISPs • BDIX set up in 2004 • 20 leading ISPs connected • still dependent on VSATs • Fibre Optic Backbones (BTTB, Railway) • Metro area fibre network set up in Dhaka by a number of ISPs

  10. 1,800 km fibre installed along 2,900 km of railway track

  11. Recent Efforts • BAERIN • Bangladesh Advanced Education Research & Information Network • Not-for-profit Foundation set up in 2004 • APAN Primary Member • Has not taken off due to fund constraints • BREN (concept paper) : • Dr. Javed Khan (2006)

  12. Strategic Plan for Higher EducationVision for ICT in HEI • Ensure access to computers, with broadband internet connectivity, to all students, teachers, researchers and administrators by 2010. • All graduates, majoring in any field of study, must have competency to use computers • All HEIs to switch over to ICT-based administration and management • All HEIs to have access to National Digital Library (with full text of selected journals and courseware) using NREN

  13. The Road Ahead • Form a consortium of HEIs (Public-Private Universities) and Research Institutions to set up NREN • Negotiate with BTTB/Grameen Phone/ISPs for discounted access to existing fibre networks and submarine cable • Outsource management to the private sector • Phased REN • Metro REN (MAN) - Digital libraries, E-learning resources (e.g. MIT OCW, eGranary) • negotiate with publishers of journals for country access • Regional REN (Natl. Fibre-optic Backbone) • Partnership with similar NRENs in the region and in USA • Seek funding from World Bank and/or NSF

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