Grading system is an integral part of education system of a country, and this is the process of evaluation of the students about their academic excellence and expertise. Employers give proper value and rely on the grading of the graduates to evaluate their employability in the selection process of job. So, it is expected to have a uniform grading system in all the academic institutions of a country to depict a picture of nondiscrimination and equality differentiation of the graduates. There is a dissatisfaction of the Pharmacy graduated passing from different universities in Bangladesh due to the differences of grading systems in different private universities which is badly impacting to the graduates for getting their jobs in pharmaceutical companies and different other private and public universities and even getting scholarships in higher education abroad. This study aimed to report the actual grading systems followed by different private and public universities offering Pharmacy education in Bangladesh. The information about the grading system of different universities were collected from the respective website of the university as well as by contacting with the relevant person/authority of the university that do not have proper information in their websites. Pharmacy education is provided by 13 public and 30 private universities in Bangladesh. Our investigation found that all the public universities follow the UGC recommended uniform grading system. Among the 30 private universities, 25 universities follow the UGC recommended grading system; however, 5 universities do not follow the UGC provided grading system, rather these universities are following own different grading system. All the five grading systems are also different from one another. Due to the differences in the grading systems practiced by different private universities in Bangladesh, a subtle discrimination has grounded among the graduates seeking for jobs and higher education in foreign countries. In order to maintain quality education for all in the higher education level and for the preparation of the same level field for job competition and job preference, there is no other alternative of uniform grading systems in the Pharmacy education in Bangladesh. The UGC should strictly implement the uniform grading system approved and recommended by it to eliminate the discriminations
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