Establish public universities in all districts

The admission seekers and their family members face a lot of troubles during the admission process of the public universities. The numbers of seats are limited and the prospective candidates are many. Now time has come to increase the number of public universities in the country. If we can establish public universities in all 64 districts, all the problems will be solved.

The district council chairmen of all 64 districts can be given the responsibility to establish public universities in their own districts. All the existing district council chairmen are experienced public leaders and in all the councils, the secretaries are efficient and intelligent government officials. If they are given the responsibility and at least 5 crore taka as an initial fund, I am sure they will be successful. They will only need the government permission, supervision from the UGC and the initial fund.

The tuition fees and other charges of these universities can be fixed somewhere between the fees of existing public and private universities. Initially they can rent buildings. In the first year of operation, they can appoint the learned people of their own districts on contractual basis as teachers. Gradually they can appoint permanent teachers following the standards fixed by the UGC and move to their own campuses.

Anwarul Hasan Sufi, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Rajshahi