The authorities of Khulna Agricultural University (KAU) are withdrawing their decision to recruit professors directly to its microbiology and health department after anomalies were found in the recruitment process.
Although there are no specific rules for the appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) in public universities, there appears to be an unofficial yet mandatory criterion a teacher has to be affiliated with a pro-government teacher’s panel to be nominated for the top post.
Fish, milk, egg, meat production will be surplus in 5 years: Razzaque
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DHAKA, April 24, 2021 (BSS) – Agriculture Minister M Abdur Razzaque today said, the food production of the country would become surplus in next three to five years.
“The present government is trying to ensure nutritious food for the people of the country… In the next 10 years, Bangladesh will be self-sufficient in granular food and the production of fish, poultry, milk, eggs and meat output would be surplus within next three to five years,” he said.
He was speaking as the chief guest at a virtual discussion meeting organized by Bangabandhu Veterinary Council on the occasion of World Veterinary Day 2021, said a press release.
Unfair teacher recruitments plague higher education
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The appointment of under-qualified teachers at public universities has become a menace for such institutions that now hardly produce quality graduates, said Jahangirnagar University’s former vice-chancellor Amirul Islam Chowdhury. “Nepotism usually starts at departments as teachers favour their chosen students with higher marks than they deserve from the beginning of their university life,” he said.
University Grants Commission Chairman Kazi Shahidullah said that it had recently submitted an investigation report to the education ministry on alleged corruption by Rajshahi University Vice-Chancellor Abdus Sobhan in appointing teachers, adding that the commission has also started an investigation into Khulna Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Md Shahidur Rahman Khan over a similar charge.