Terming the TIB report on private universities ‘immature, incomplete and baseless’, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sunday said the government will seek information from the TIB on what basis they prepared the research report.He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after a meeting with vice-chancellors and trustee boards of the private universities at his office.Nahid asked the Transparency International Bangladesh to prove its report to be true or apologise to the nation and withdraw the report.Admitting that there are some allegations against 15 private universities as brought by the TIB, he said it is not fare to blame all the private universities for that.Talking about allegations raised against some private universities, the minister said, “We’ve taken action against some universities but they continue to run their activities after getting court order in their favour. And we can’t do anything against the court orders.”According to a study published by the TIB on Monday, the authorities of private universities have to pay a Tk 1-3 crore illegally to quarters in the Ministry of Education and the UGC for getting the approval to set up and operate a university.
