Provide quality education with less tuition fees

President asks pvt varsities

12 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

President Zillur Rahman yesterday called upon the private universities to provide quality higher education with less tuition fees, particularly for the poor students. The president made the call when a three-member delegation of the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB), led by its Secretary General Prof Dr M Alimulla Mian, called on him at Bangabhaban. Zillur said the private universities would have to emphasise research activities along side ensuring adequate academic infrastructures for students and faculty members. “Take steps to increase research activities at the universities to upgrade modern and time-befitting curriculums to keep pace with the world,” he said. He also emphasised establishing more private universities outside Dhaka with a view to facilitating higher education for rural students across the country. The APUB delegation apprised the president of various problems of the private universities. Nearly 215,000 students are pursuing higher education at some 54 private universities across the country, they said. Zillur assured the delegation of his all-out support and cooperation to ensure quality higher education at the private universities. Secretaries concerned to the president's office were present at the meeting.