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Govt plans university-based tech innovation hubs
University-going students aspiring to be tech-entrepreneurs are set to get a shot in the arm as the government is planning to create innovation hubs at both public and private universities to develop digital entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems.
Primarily seven universities will be selected as the hubs where interested students will be shortlisted, selected and trained and then facilitated with funds and office space to start their own business.
A proposal of the ICT ministry will be placed at the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for approval today.
The implementing agency, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority, already received names of 19 universities from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
Necessity of Establishing Ranking Cell at Universities
Mohammad Monir Hossain
23rd December, 2020 11:37:30
The higher education system, around the world, has been seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The physical and face to face teaching-learning has been postponed since the beginning of the year 2020. In Bangladesh, all the educational institutions have been shut down since 18 March 2020. Since then, all educational activities of those institutions are being done online although there is debate regarding the quality of online teaching-learning and assessment system. Quality of higher education and research in Bangladesh is always a debatable issue.
The Ministry of Education of the Government of Bangladesh along with the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh has taken a number of initiatives to enhance the quality of higher education in the country. Establishment of Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in each university under the Higher Education Quality Enh