UNB, Dhaka :
The University Grant Commission (UGC), the apex body to monitor the country’s higher education, has stressed formulating guidelines over how much time the public university teachers should be allowed to spend in their part-time engagement with private educational institutions.
The UGC in its annual report 2013 says some public university teachers engaged in part-time teaching in one or more private universities spend much more time there than in their own universities.
There is no specific guideline on how much time a public university teacher can spend as a part-time teacher in any other university or educational institution.
“So, an initiative for formulating and implementing some specific guidelines on the teachers’ duty and overall conduct is needed,” the report says.
UGC chairman Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury said his Commission will formulate the guidelines to specify how much time a teacher should spend in his own university and in his part-time engagement in other educational institutions, especially private universities.
“The guidelines must be formulated in consultation with the authorities of the public universities, or else, both the public and the private universities would be affected,” he told UNB.
The UGC chairman said the guidelines will also specify that how much time a teacher should spend in the classroom, interaction with students and administrative works of his or her own university. “We’ ve already started the process of formulating the guidelines,” he added.
In the report, the Commission said the quality of public university teachers is very satisfactory and most of them are sincere and play a significant role in national development.
But there is an allegation against a section of the public university teachers that they are reluctant about their duties in their own universities. Many teachers remain absent in their classes without issuing any prior notice to the students.
Even they hardly spend the required time in practical classes, the report says.
The University Grant Commission (UGC), the apex body to monitor the country’s higher education, has stressed formulating guidelines over how much time the public university teachers should be allowed to spend in their part-time engagement with private educational institutions.
The UGC in its annual report 2013 says some public university teachers engaged in part-time teaching in one or more private universities spend much more time there than in their own universities.
There is no specific guideline on how much time a public university teacher can spend as a part-time teacher in any other university or educational institution.
“So, an initiative for formulating and implementing some specific guidelines on the teachers’ duty and overall conduct is needed,” the report says.
UGC chairman Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury said his Commission will formulate the guidelines to specify how much time a teacher should spend in his own university and in his part-time engagement in other educational institutions, especially private universities.
“The guidelines must be formulated in consultation with the authorities of the public universities, or else, both the public and the private universities would be affected,” he told UNB.
The UGC chairman said the guidelines will also specify that how much time a teacher should spend in the classroom, interaction with students and administrative works of his or her own university. “We’ ve already started the process of formulating the guidelines,” he added.
In the report, the Commission said the quality of public university teachers is very satisfactory and most of them are sincere and play a significant role in national development.
But there is an allegation against a section of the public university teachers that they are reluctant about their duties in their own universities. Many teachers remain absent in their classes without issuing any prior notice to the students.
Even they hardly spend the required time in practical classes, the report says.
