Campus Life :
The government plans to bring graduate-level colleges under the academic monitoring of public universities to improve the quality of education.
As part of the initiative, the government wants newly established public universities to monitor the academic activities of colleges, including the improved curriculum, teacher recruitment, and research of government colleges, without initially conducting undergraduate (honours) courses.
At present, seven colleges are under Dhaka University, with plans underway for all honours-level colleges of Chittagong and Rajshahi to soon come under Chittagong and Rajshahi University, according to a high-level source in the Education Ministry.
However, education specialists suggest that the government has to amend existing laws to implement this initiative.
In 1992, the BNP-led government established the National University (NU) through the passage of an Act (Act No. 37 of 1992) in Parliament to improve the quality of education.
But educationalists think that the National University could not fulfil its aims and objectives.
