Government colleges will be detached from National University and brought under affiliation of public universities.
However, private colleges will remain affiliated with the National University, an official of the University Grants Commission (UGC) told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.
Until now, all colleges in the country that offer tertiary education were affiliated with four public universities – Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna.
The colleges – both government and private – were brought under the National University umbrella after it was established in 1992.
The UGC official, who requested to remain anonymous, said the re-affiliation is part of the UGC’s Pre-Appraisal Mission.
The decision has been made to improve management and quality of education.
A six-member delegation from the World Bank met UGC Chairman Prof Abdul Mannan yesterday as the WB is interested in the project.
In the meeting, the delegation followed up on the progress of the project and discussed establishing quality assurance mechanism in colleges, Bangladesh Development Research and Education Network (BDREN) connectivity to colleges and the role of the UGC in implementing the government plan, said a UGC press release.
Giving updates to the delegation, the UGC chairman said a committee has been formed to implement the government plan for affiliating government colleges with public universities, and it is working on its final report in this regard.