Comilla varsity, PUST urge UGC to declare its decision about them soon

At a joint press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity Auditorium on Tuesday, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of PUST, M H M Shahjahan said due to uncertainties resulting from the press reports, the authorities are facing problems in running the universities.

Urging the UGC, regulatory body of public and private universities of the country, to take a quick decision he said, "If the UGC declares its decision and we get its gazette notification, we shall go for legal battles in the courts."

UC Project Director Architect Rahsedul Huq Anu said affiliation of any university can be cancelled on two charges- if allegation of issuing forged certificates is proved or if the institution fails to maintain the standard set by the UGC.

But these two universities do not belong to any group, he added.

Since July 2003, the UGC has formed three committees to investigate the compliance of different private universities with its requirements.

All the three probe committees reported that six private universities including UC and PUST lack some basic infrastructural facilities and impart low quality of education.

When asked about the probe-committee reports Shahjahan said a vested quarter is conspiring against the universities.