Universities
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I became stunned at reading the article entitled 'Imperative of co-existence: Public and private universities' published in The Daily Star on December 30, 2009.The writer has given a comparative analysis on the qualities of private universities versus public universities. The writer has just wanted to spotlight that the private universities in our country are not worse than the public universities. The article has boastfully tried to prove the point by giving the examples of Harvard University, University of Oxford, and Boston University. Needless to say, he has drawn the examples of the private universities of the developed countries, especially of the US, not from those of Bangladesh. I would like to ask him what are the minimum requirements of campus area, accommodation and research facilities for setting up a university. If you look at the private universities in our country, we can easily see that a multi-storeyed building with a giant signboard is enough for establishing a university. Are these private universities or govt approved Certificate Selling Centres?
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