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Private universities oppose Australian ‘study centre’ Bangladesh’s private universities are opposing a decision by the education ministry to give conditional approval for an Australian university to set up a ‘Study Centre’ in the country, which has also caused concern at the country’s higher education authority, the University Grants Commission (UGC). Education ministry officials said conditional approval had been granted for a study centre of Monash College, Australia, in the capital, Dhaka. Monash College is affiliated with Monash University, a prominent university in Australia. It will be operated by Educo Bangladesh Limited. A study centre is not a full branch campus – Bangladesh has so far not approved any foreign branch campuses – but it is allowed to carry out teaching. In 2014, the UGC worked with the education ministry to formulate a rule to permit foreign university branches or study centres. ....
Asian universities close again amid new coronavirus wave Amid a new COVID-19 wave in South and Southeast Asia and fears of a highly transmissible deadly variant from India that has devastated that country and overwhelmed the Indian health system, universities in countries neighbouring India have reversed plans to re-open universities and colleges and brought in new lockdowns. Students in countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan now fear they face another disrupted academic year and lost education, saying their governments have barely tackled problems in accessing online education experienced during the first wave. And they say universities are no better prepared than last year to cope with the new wave, despite plans to vaccinate students and provide other facilities. ....