Every month, at least one family walks into my Dhaka office of Graduate Track with a study-abroad plan that would make a banker nervous. The family argues that a cousin’s son got into a university in Melbourne, Australia, so their daughter should too — at an educational institute nobody in Melbourne has heard of and studying a subject which the student has never mentioned wanting. The tuition is due in nine days. They have read three Facebook posts about Australia and one cousin’s WhatsApp voice note. That is what often happens. There are many organizations that provide counselling services to…
Author: Nazir Hossain
Nazir Hossain
Nazir Hossain is the founder of Graduate Track. He lives in Toronto and holds a bachelor's degree from Ulster University, UK, and a master's from York University, Canada. He can be reached at gtc.leads@gmail.com.