Accreditation board for universities stressed
Private universities and their programmes must be accorded recognition by proper authorities to ensure quality higher education at the private institutions, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.
There should be a national accreditation board for both public and private universities, which will work to reduce gaps in teaching quality between these two types of institutions, said Prof M Anwar Hossain, ex-vice chancellor, Islamic University of Technology (IUT).
He said, “Bangladesh, however, tremendously lacks quality teachers”.
The 5th WIEF (World Islamic Economic Forum Foundation) roundtable was jointly organised by WIEF and SEACO (South East Asian Co-operation Foundation) at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in the city.
Prof Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, vice chancellor of Albukhary International University, Malaysia, and Mohamed Moustafa Mahamoud, executive director of Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Saudi Arabia, also spoke. Tanri Abeng, founder and chairman of Executive Centre for Global Leadership in Indonesia, and Shafi Sami, chairman of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh were present. Ian Buchanan, senior executive advisor of Booz and Co, Australia, moderated the programme.
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