Leather college to be institute under DU
In a move to resolve the longstanding impasse in Bangladesh College of Leather Technology (BCLT), the education ministry yesterday decided to make BCLT an institute under Dhaka University (DU).
Academic and administrative activities of BCLT, the country's only educational institution of its kind at Hazaribagh in the city, came to a near standstill due to acute shortage of teachers and session jam.
The decision came at a meeting between BCLT authority and Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at the ministry where DU Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and University Grants Commission chairman were present.
Although the college requires a minimum of 84 teachers against 800 students of three departments, it was running with only five, making it hard to ensure quality education.
Students admitted at BCLT in 2004-2005 sessions could not finish their honours courses in the last seven years and those who gave their final examination on July last year are yet to get their results, said students.
The problem reached such a point that the college did not admit students for the first year honours courses in last two years, said college authorities.
"Once BCLT is made an institute, the university authority can appoint teachers anytime through syndicate. We will soon send a proposal to the prime minister and everything will be finalised after her approval," the education minister said.
DU Engineering and Technology faculty controlled academic activities of BCTL while administrative activities by Directorate of Technical Education.
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