Bangladesh, May 13 -- Bangladesh has undergone a silent yet profound socioeconomic transformation known as "degree inflation."

Degree inflation is the growing tendency of employers and institutions to demand higher academic qualifications for jobs that once required lower levels of education or practical skills.

As more people earn university degrees, the value of those degrees gradually diminishes in the labour market, creating a cycle in which increasingly advanced qualifications are required merely to remain competitive.

Although the expansion of higher education is often celebrated as a sign of social progress, the uncontrolled rise in degree dependency is creating economic, administrative, and psychological consequences that warr...