Title: Sustainable achievement of selective KPIs of different players in education: an update for policy discourse and role of tertiary education

Authors: Gazi Mahabubul Alam; Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad

Addresses: Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Faculty of Educational Studies, University Purta Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia ' Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET), Gazipur-1707, Bangladesh

Abstract: Key performance indicator (KPI) has become a fundamental part of evaluation that focuses on either an individual or a system. Setting KPIs and their revisions is a continuous process that is often determined through either an agreeable or a heated discussion. This paper is the first to investigate the achievement of KPIs of different players in education using Bangladesh as a case study. Because of the nature of policy discourse research, secondary data are used from the designated agencies. Increasing enrolment with the assurance of high-quality education was determined as the prime KPI for primary/secondary provisions. Quantitative KPIs are achieved, which is unsustainable. Both public and private sectors are players in tertiary education; none of them accomplish the prime KPI setup, which consists of research. The need to supply 'job-ready graduates' is ignored. This study suggests that new policy must be formed to attain a sustainable achievement of KPIs.

Keywords: KPIs in education; key players in education; sustainable achievement; 21st century; education policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2022.121133

International Journal of Learning and Change, 2022 Vol.14 No.2, pp.137 - 158

Received: 10 Jan 2020
Accepted: 17 Feb 2020
Published online: 28 Feb 2022 *

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