Higher Education
ADB keen to help improve quality
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is interested to study the state of higher education in Bangladesh to take necessary interventions to improve its quality of education, said ADB's Higher Education Specialist William Saint.
He also said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) believes that in a knowledge-based society, the economic and social progress of a country depends on the quality of higher education.
William Saint made the remarks when he called on University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury at the latter's office on Sunday, said a press release.
Now ADB experts and consultants are studying the strength and weaknesses of higher education in Bangladesh. As a part of the ADB's study, they met the UGC chairman to get his view on the issue, it said.
The UGC chairman told the ADB team that higher education in Bangladesh is gaining momentum day by day though the standard of higher education is not uniformed in the country.
There are excellence centres of education and research in the country, said Prof Azad, adding that but in some public and private universities, the quality of education and research is not up to the mark.
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