Parliament on Tuesday endorsed three bills ensuring government funding for three universities including the Jagannath University.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid placed the bills to amend the Acts of the Jagannath, Comilla and National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam universities.
The bills were approved through voice vote during the proceedings chaired by the Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali.
The laws of the three universities, established during the previous BNP-led government's tenure, required them to bear their own costs after a certain time after their establishment. Jagannath University students took to the streets last year against the clause and the government undertook the initiative to amend the laws.
The bills were tabled in Parliament on July 2 by the Education Minister and then were sent for scrutiny to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry Education.
Article 27 of the Jagannath University Act 2005 says after the university is established the government funding will be lessened over time and after five years, the university will have to bear its own costs. The Acts for the Comilla and Kazi Nazrul Islam universities, set up in 2006, had the same clause but with a 10-year deadline.
The new bills propose that the universities fund their operations using their own income along with government funding through the University Grants Commission. However, it includes the clause requiring the universities to keep up their efforts to increase incomes.
However, the Standing Committee headed by Rashed Khan Menon finalised their report scrapping the clause. As a result, the amended law does not have that requirement.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid placed the bills to amend the Acts of the Jagannath, Comilla and National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam universities.
The bills were approved through voice vote during the proceedings chaired by the Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali.
The laws of the three universities, established during the previous BNP-led government's tenure, required them to bear their own costs after a certain time after their establishment. Jagannath University students took to the streets last year against the clause and the government undertook the initiative to amend the laws.
The bills were tabled in Parliament on July 2 by the Education Minister and then were sent for scrutiny to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry Education.
Article 27 of the Jagannath University Act 2005 says after the university is established the government funding will be lessened over time and after five years, the university will have to bear its own costs. The Acts for the Comilla and Kazi Nazrul Islam universities, set up in 2006, had the same clause but with a 10-year deadline.
The new bills propose that the universities fund their operations using their own income along with government funding through the University Grants Commission. However, it includes the clause requiring the universities to keep up their efforts to increase incomes.
However, the Standing Committee headed by Rashed Khan Menon finalised their report scrapping the clause. As a result, the amended law does not have that requirement.
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