Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said the government will take legal action against the private universities which have failed to fulfill their conditions to run the university under the rules of the Private University Act-2010.
Some of the private universities are yet to fulfill their conditions as per the Act and they have to face legal action after the scheduled timeframe,” he said this on Sunday while addressing the 6th convocation of Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) at Ashulia thana of Dhaka district.
Speaking on the occasion Nahid said, “You (students) are the future of the country. So, you have to be good citizens through acquiring knowledge to boost development process for building a prosperous Bangladesh.”
Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University Dr Md Akhtaruzaman, teachers, members of Board of trustee of the university, among others, addressed the convocation with AUB Vice-Chancellor Dr Abul Hasan in the chair.
Nahid urged the authorities concerned to ensure congenial and good academic atmosphere at all educational institutions to make those free from all sorts of terror activities.
“Both public and private universities should be centre of excellence for practicing of new knowledge…Without ensuring good academic atmosphere, it is not possible for improving quality of tertiary education,” he added.
The minister said a remarkable progress has been made in the education sector as the government is working sincerely to expand and improve quality of education in the country.
The government has expanded the opportunity of higher education across the country for all students, he said adding, “Students are easily receiving higher education as we have expanded facilities for higher education up to the upazila level.”
