In a media release yesterday, Transparency International Bangladesh “clarified” its position regarding reaction of various government bodies on its study on corruption in 22 private universities.
Soon after the release of the report on June 30, the Education Ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) termed the findings untrue.
The TIB yesterday claimed that the study data had been collected from stakeholders of the education sector. It contacted several officials-employees of the ministry and the UGC at various levels of the study and there had been direct and telephone conversations and discussions. The UGC provided the TIB with information in written form on March 27.
The Berlin-based NGO, however, hailed the UGC for forming a three-member committee to look into the information came up in the report.
The report alleges that crores of taka changed hands for issues such as getting approvals, while a nexus of ministry and UGC officials paved the way for such irregularities.
