Implementation of Democracy in Tertiary Level: A Case Study of A Private University

The concept of democratic classroom is new in Bangladesh. Most of us are unaware of the chemistry of democracy and education. Democratic classroom is very efficient to help students to get prepared for an active citizenship in a democratic society. Democratic education is a type of teaching method through which students gain some social skills. Through democratic classroom they get the touch of liberty of a democratic society. In this study, the implementation of democracy is studied at tertiary level, which is based on a casual comparative design. A self-developed questionnaire has been used in the study to examine the perceptions of 31 students of a private university of Bangladesh. Among the participants. 16 were male and 15 of them were female students, they were from 4 different departments. Data was collected through multiple choice questions, likert type scale and the data was analyzed through simple statistic study and MS Excel. Through the study it was found that most of the students felt that they have classrooms which resemble democratic classrooms as they considered that they enjoy 'liberty’ in their classroom activities.