“…In Bangladesh there is only one graduate College of Nursing at Dhaka with a capacity of about 150 students every year. But due to a number of reasons only 50-60 nurses can graduate from the college each year for about 1,200 diploma nurses coming out of 38 nursing institutes (Numan, 2001a(Numan, , 2001b. Much emphasis has been placed on applied subject areas such as English, Applied Sciences, Nutrition, Behavioural Science, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Nursing Research, Administration and Management, Teaching Methodology and Project in Senior Focus Elective.…”