While this "unhappy marriage" has placed undue stress on all involved, the complexities of creating new universities necessitate careful consideration of various factors.
In our university classrooms, passive lectures are still the dominant mode of teaching.
Authorities closed all entry and exit points of the Secretariat
Disenchanted students are now demanding the creation of a “Dhaka Central University” comprising the seven colleges.
For the cynics, the absence of any Bangladeshi university among the top 800 institutions recently ranked by Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THEWUR) 2025 is unacceptable.
The centralisation of examinations in Dhaka fosters inequality and compromises the recruitment process.
The UGC's decision to allow private universities to offer PhD programmes is a timely move.
Putting aside the fanfare, the fact that boys are lagging behind girls in most school exams needs to be scrutinised carefully.
The practical implementation of this method has revealed significant shortcomings.
In the Global Knowledge Index 2021, Bangladesh ranked 120th out of 154 countries. Bangladesh ranks 102nd among the 132 economies featured in the Global Innovation Index 2022. In the age of open source AI like ChatGPT, the research and innovation qualities of Bangladeshi students and researchers may get worse, so proper steps and actions must be taken now.
Unofficial announcements from private universities have suddenly wreaked havoc by stating that the new system will be in motion from January 2023.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has put some restrictions on celebrations of rag day which is held on the last day of classes amid different programmes and fanfare.
Today, the vice-chancellors and registrars of all 50 public universities will be taken to Cox’s Bazar by the University Grants Commission, an exercise that is expected to cost at least Tk 15 lakh.
The University Grants Commission asked authorities of public universities to ensure that all teachers abide by service rule and take permission before working with other educational institutions and running own businesses.
The University Grants Commission has urged all universities to continue their academic activities online during closure of higher educational institutions due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh receives a death threat.
The University Grants Commission has proposed introducing written examinations along with the existing multiple choice question in the admission tests for public universities.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) approves a budget of Tk 3425.74 crore for 2016-17 fiscal year for the country's public universities and itself.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) sends two of its officials on forced leave after a written complaint from Khulna University (KU) vice-chancellor stating that they demanded a bribe of Tk 10 lakh from him, says a press release.
