Factors

Attracting
Student to
Enroll in Private
University of
Bangladesh for
Higher
Education

Introduction
The demand for quality education has made private education very popular in
our country.
Private universities of Bangladesh are fulfilling the increasing demand of
higher education
Most of the students in the context of private universities of Bangladesh have
so far focused on:
The quality of education
High tuition fees
confinement of these universities into limited disciplines
Debate on public versus private universities
and the reasons for which students enroll into these universities

Cont
We find their trend to get admission in the universities
between private and public university of Bangladesh.
Set of questions were asked in different manner to get the
core reason for getting admission in the private universities
what makes them believe that they can get their desire
education in the private university
An examining survey was conducted to analyze the
students evaluation of private higher education sector in
Bangladesh with particular reference to the quality as well
as the cost of education.

Objectives
The general objective of the study:
To determine the demographic profile of students of private
universities
To identify the distribution of enrolment of students in different
fields/subjects
To study if the demographic factors have any relationship with the
selection of universities
To find out the university selection criteria
To study if the university selection criteria differs among the
students
To measure the level of satisfaction of students of their preferred
selection criteria

Methodology
For sampling we selected seven universities out of 54.
we have encountered interview of students those who
have passed HSC and Alevel.
In this study we have taken the socio-economy
condition of students and tuition fees of the universities
that plays important role to take the decision.
We have used an open ended questionnaire for our
observation as a short list of structured interview
questions.

Methodology
In the open-ended question have asked to respondents to explore any
other factor that had not been identified in the qualitative study.
We have set some stratum among the private universities and classified
those into some categories and compared those with public universities.
As we have collected some data by consist of surveys, classroom
observations and interviews with student as well as teachers to find out
the quality level .
We have also chosen a small group (6 - 8 persons) where members are
brought together by us for depth discussion about the topic that we
have researched on.

Analysis
We chose 25 students from various universities across Dhaka
and were handed questionnaires by us.
From the questionnaire we got to know quite a few similarities
between students when choosing their university.
One of them was the quality of private universities. Students
believe private universities provide better quality than the public
universities.
Another was the campus arrangement. Even though Dhaka
University has the largest campus according to the size of the
area, students does not feel comfortable with the
atmosphere/environment.

Analysis
The questionnaire also asked the students about their level of
satisfaction of their teachers/faculties. And all of them answers
were positive; all are satisfied with their respective teachers.
The students also think their courses are up to date and private
universities offer job oriented courses more than the public
universities.
Public universities offers education against very cheap fees where
else private universities consume outstanding/large amount of
fees but students are reluctant to compromise when it comes to
quality of education and certainly private universities assures that
to the students.
The other reasons are facilities the students get, high-standard
library and lab, very advanced class rooms, etc.

Findings
56% of our respondents are female and 44% respondents are male.
88% of our respondents mentioned that they have choose private
universities because there is

no politics collusion,
no session jam,
course schedule and
for timeliness.

48% of our respondents choose private universities because of their

location of living.
78% of our respondents are enough satisfied to recommend others
to get admitted into private universities.

Conclusion
Students those who have finished their higher secondary are go for the university education. In our research we have tried to find their trend to get admission in the universities
between private and public university of Bangladesh. The set of questions we have asked in different manner to get the core reason for getting admission in the private
university and what makes them believe that they can get their desire education in the private university when we have year old private universities. We have classified private
university into 3 categories or we can say ranked those universities considering their ratio of their faculty and students, subjects, tuition fees and also followed the measure of
UGC. On the other hand we have taken into concern the socio-economy condition of students, distance of the institution from the accommodation and interest of the students.