Question arises about quality of private university edn

President asks ministry, UGC to prepare annual assessment report on academic standards

15 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

President Zillur Rahman yesterday called upon the education ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) to prepare an annual assessment report about academic standard of the private universities for greater interest of the nation. The president made the call while addressing the first convocation of City University at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid was present as the special guest at the convocation while Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique was the convocation speaker. Mentioning that the private universities have been created to cater to needs of the country, Zillur said only except a few, questions arose among the people about the quality of education provided by most of the private universities. “There is also question about the tuition fees charged by the private universities,” he said. The president said the universities would have to play a responsible role in building a happy and prosperous Bangladesh for fulfilling the expectations of the nation. “At each transition period of the nation, the universities had come forward and played the role of vanguards.” He noted that all-out development of the society depends on the nature and quality of higher education. The higher education, he said, should be of a quality that will enrich the new students with various branches of knowledge and sciences, he said and advised them to analyse and resolve various social problems. Congratulating the new graduates, he asked them never to compromise with untruth and injustice in the rest of their lives and also not to forget the motherland during their stay even anywhere of the world. A total of 381 students have been conferred the degrees at the convocation while five students were awarded the gold medals for their outstanding results.