DIIT denies UGC allegations

Daffodil Institute of IT (DIIT), which was declared illegal by the University Grants Commission (UGC) recently, yesterday denied the allegations and claimed that the institution is being conducted legally.

DIIT authorities at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) said they are going to take legal actions against the declaration of University Grants Commission.

Country's lone university watchdog UGC on May 8 published a notice declaring activities of 56 private universities illegal, as they are neither affiliated by the UGC nor the Ministry of Education. Most of these universities are wings of different foreign universities. The notice contains a list of those universities that also included DIIT.

DIIT Chairman Md Sabur Khan explained journalists why the activities of the institute cannot be termed 'illegal'.

The list of illegal universities as declared by the UGC included universities, but DIIT is not a university, Sabur Khan claimed. After starting as a general computer-training centre in 1990, the institute achieved the affiliation of NCC Education, UK in 1997 and was affiliated by National University in 2000.

DIIT Executive Director Md Nuruzzaman and Academic Director Dr Fakhre Hossain were also present on the occasion.