NU in image crisis: Nahid
The education ministry is unhappy with the activities of the National University (NU) as it could not make expected progress, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday.
"The university is in image crisis…a progress has been marked in the overall activities of the education ministry, but we could not get expected progress from the university", he told reporters after a close-door meeting with the high-ups of the NU.
The minister said the officials and employees of the university will have to clean up the image through their work and good deeds.
Although the university made some progresses including "putting a stop to recruitment trade", introducing online admission, and setting up regional centres for decentralisation, these are not satisfactory, he added.
Nahid said a lack of coordination among the university high officials was pointed out at the meeting, and the ministry asked the officials to hold regular coordination meeting to assess the activities and progresses.
He also said the authorities were asked to ensure transparency in income, expenditure, and budget. Alongside the authorities, the ministry would monitor if the university abides by the NU law, he added.
About the High Court's August 23 verdict that declared appointment of some NU 1,222 teachers, officials, and employees illegal, Nahid said they will take steps after receiving the copy of the verdict and after consultation with the legal experts.
"This is our first meeting where we talked about the university's ongoing problems and issues like teachers recruitment, standard of education, and so on and asked the university authorities to solve the problems in accordance with the discussion", he said.
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