Media and Journalism Education in Bangladesh:

Media and Journalism Education in Bangladesh: What I Wish My Teachers Would Do and Would Not Do regarding my Career Preparation

By

Jude William Genilo, 
Sarkar Barbaq Quarmal, 
Abdul Kabil Khan 
and Nandita Tabassum Khan

Abstract

The paper presents student feedback regarding career preparation initiatives undertaken by media and journalism teachers and schools in Bangladesh. Various stakeholders agree that graduate employability is one of the key objectives of higher education institutions. To know whether this objective is being met, it is necessary to ask student feedback regarding the five components of career preparation using the Career Development Center (CDC) model: self-awareness, educationaloccupational information, taking action and life management. Using a Likert Scale (1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest), the survey had 245 media studies and journalism students from all over Bangladesh as respondents. The findings indicated moderate results in all components – selfawareness (3.19 mean rating), educational-occupational information (3.35 mean rating), taking action (3.26 mean rating) and life management (3.45 mean rating). Overall, the mean rating was at 3.31 – students are moderately satisfied with the said career preparation initiatives.

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