Nat’l workshop on HEQEP achievements held in city

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Staff Reporter :
A national workshop on Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) achievements was held in a city hotel on Wednesday.
HEQEP, a higher education based project floated in 2009 under the supervision of the University Grants Commission (UGC), organised the programme.
Secretary of the Education Ministry (Secondary and Higher Education Division) Md Sohrab Hossain attended the programme as the chief guest, while UGC Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan presided over it.
Project Director of HEQEP Dr Gauranga
Chandra Mohanta, World Bank representative Moklesur Rahman and UGC member Professor Yusuf Ali Mollah also spoke, among others, at the event.
Sohrab Hossain said that the higher education of the country surged ahead in the public and the private universities research activities under this project.
“If we can commercialise the discovery of the researchers of our country, Bangladesh will be enriched. If it is not possible, then the efforts will not yield good results.”
The World Bank has recognized our very few projects as successful ones. But they have appreciated the activities of the HEQEP project, said Sohorab Hossain
“The progress of the country has been possible through the researchers and teachers. We will go on the way guided by them. Everyone will have to work together to make Bangladesh a resourceful country in the world”, he added.
UGC Chairman Professor Abdul Mannan said, HEQEP project is a proud project. We could not finish 90 percent work of any project one year before of tenure. Only the project has successfully achieved this. And it is possible for the continuous support of UGC to the researchers in higher education and research.
UGC chairman also thanked the researchers for conducting tremendous research works under the HEQEP project and he urged them to conduct more researches for the welfare of the country.
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