New complications have arisen with the admission of students in seven colleges under Dhaka University. Although these colleges have already started accepting the applications for the first year admission test of Bachelor (Honours), it has not yet been decided through whom this admission test will be held. As a result there is uncertainty about the admission test.
The government has planned to establish a new university for these colleges, but it is time consuming. The appointed committee is yet to finalize the recommendations and model of the university, and the work is said to take up to a month. In the present situation, it is not clear which university these colleges will run under and no interim arrangements have been announced.
The application process for admission to graduate programs in seven colleges for the 2024-25 academic year began on January 6 and was scheduled to run until February 12. The entrance exam is scheduled to be held in April.
Dhaka University Online Admission Committee Convener Professor Dr. Mostafizur Rahman said that the application process is still ongoing and a meeting will be held today on Wednesday. Further action will be taken according to the decision taken in the meeting. If it is decided that the information relating to the application should be provided to the Principal or Designee of the College, such action will be taken.
During the ousted Awami League government, initiatives were taken to bring the government colleges under the National University under the government and autonomous universities. As part of this, seven colleges of the capital were affiliated to Dhaka University in the first phase on 17 February 2017. These colleges are: Dhaka College, Eden Women's College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Begum Badrunnessa Government Women's College, Government Bangla College, and Government Titumir College. The total number of students in these colleges is about two lakh. Recently, the concerned persons said that in 2017 these colleges were affiliated to Dhaka University in a hurry without proper preparation. But even after 8 long years, the standard of examination and other issues have not been resolved, due to which the students of the colleges have been repeatedly protesting.
According to the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC), Dhaka University authorities decided not to bring the colleges under the university last Monday, but they did not discuss the matter. In this situation, there was no formal meeting between the Ministry of Education and the UGC till yesterday on what the next step would be.
Education Adviser Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud said at a function in Dhaka that the announcement of Dhaka University was not discussed with him and he was not prepared about the closure of admissions this year. When asked about the seven colleges, he said that if a decision is taken hastily, it may cause problems in the future, so there is a need to take a decision legally and cautiously. Dhaka University said the students' agitation forced them to take a quick decision, but as per the 1973 order, Dhaka University is an autonomous institution and has the power to take decisions on academic matters. UGC member Prof Mohammad Tanjimuddin Khan, who took charge of the public university, said yesterday that Dhaka University authorities are still Did not discuss this with him. Besides, UGC's role here is very little, as Dhaka University is run according to the 1973 order.
However, as part of the series of meetings on the plan to establish a separate university for the seven colleges, the committee headed by the UGC, Dhaka University Controller of Examinations Md. Bahalul Haque discussed this with the people involved in the experiment. In this meeting examination issues and future recommendations of seven colleges were discussed.
The students of the seven agitating colleges have demanded that they want the outline of the university to be published within 15 days and the university to start functioning through a presidential decree within a month. They raised a five-point demand in front of Shaheed Minar of Dhaka College yesterday evening.
Principal Adviser's Question on Education Situation:
According to a government source, Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus asked UGC Chairman Prof. SMA Faiz and Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Niaz Ahmed Khan to inquire about the seven colleges at the Rashtriya Guest House Yamuna yesterday. When asked about this, UGC Chairman Prof. SMA Faiz said in an interview last night that the Chief Adviser called them and a fruitful discussion took place.
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