Public universities urged to monitor district colleges

The Education Minister of Bangladesh Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury urged public universities to assume the responsibility of academic monitoring by affiliating with government colleges in their respective districts, reports the Bangladesh Post.

In a recent meeting with the Bangladesh University Council, an organisation of vice-chancellors of public universities, held at the International Mother Language Institute auditorium in the capital on Monday 15 January, the minister said he is taking strides to implement the decade-old instructions given by the prime minister.

Nearly a decade ago, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spearheaded an initiative directing public universities to undertake the responsibility of academic monitoring by affiliating with government colleges nationwide. Despite the successful affiliation of seven government colleges in the capital, Dhaka, by Dhaka University, other public universities have yet to follow suit. Consequently, government colleges continue to operate under the affiliation of the National University, with the directive given in 2014 from the head of government remaining unimplemented.
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