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Bangladesh University Grants Commission Chairman (Additional Duty) Professor Dr. Muhammad Alamgir. And to achieve self-reliance, he urged higher education institutions to ensure capable or up-to-date education to face the challenges of the present time.
He said this while speaking as the chief guest at the workshop on monitoring and evidence management of public universities' 2023-2024 annual performance agreement (APA) activities and reviewing and providing feedback on the draft action plan of 2024-2025 fiscal year.
The day-long workshop was organized by the UGC on Tuesday in the auditorium of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET).
UGC Secretary Dr. Chaired by Ferdous Zaman, a special guest speech was given by the Vice Chancellor of Kuwait Professor Dr. Mihir Ranjan Halder. In addition, the Vice-Chancellor of Kuwait, Professor Dr., gave a welcome speech at the workshop. Sobhan Mia. Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University Professor Dr. Mahbubur Rahman highlighted various experiences in the implementation of APA.
Professor Alamgir, convenor of UGC APA Committee, said that to implement the outline of Smart Bangladesh, quality education must be ensured. The country's universities should come forward to reduce foreign dependence through research and innovation. He said, many industries have been established in the country. But still foreign technology is being used in their products. He mentioned that the universities in these places should come forward to solve industrial problems by innovating new technologies.
Apart from this, he suggested improving the quality of higher education including making the students suitable for the global labor market, updating the curriculum in line with the world, to solve the problem of unemployment in the country. He advised the students to increase their abilities and skills by taking advantage of the internet and not just limiting themselves to likes, comments and shares.
UGC Additional Director and APA Focal Point Bishnu Mallik conducted the workshop Khulna Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mohammad Abul Kasem Chowdhury, Director of IQAC, Professor Dr. Narottam Kumar Roy, Registrar Engineer Anisur Rahman Bhuiyan, Comptroller (Acting) Md. Monirul Haque Khan, Additional Director of UGC Jasmine Parveen, Deputy Secretary Md. Asaduzzaman, System Analyst Dwijendra Chandra Das along with UGC, APA Convenors of 9 Public Universities of Khulna and Barisal Region, Focal Point/Alternate Focal Point Officers participated in the workshop.
Kuwait Vice-Chancellor Professor Mihir Ranjan Halder said, implementation of the APA agreement has increased work transparency and accountability in universities. Through this, a competitive work environment has been created in higher education institutions and good work has been rewarded. Apart from this, he expressed confidence to do better in Kuwait APA in the next financial year.
UGC Secretary Dr. Ferdous Zaman said, UGC is investing money and time in implementing APA for qualitative change in higher education. APA's goal is to consider competency in selection, to make qualitative changes in university education, and to set simple, achievable goals. He also said that the UGC is giving importance to the implementation of APA and the strategic plan of higher education.
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