RAJSHAHI, April 19, 2019 (BSS) – Academics and think-tanks at a discussion
urged all concerned to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and
honesty to transform the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology
(RUET) into an entity of generating more skilled human resources.
“Generating competent workforce is the precondition to foster the
country’s economic condition through facing the existing challenges,” said
Professor Shah Nowaz Ali, Member of University Grants Commission (UGC).
He was addressing a daylong workshop styled “National Integrity Strategy and
Annual Performance Agreement” at the conference hall of RUET here yesterday
as the chief guest.
Chaired by RUET Vice-chancellor Prof Rafiqul Islam Sheikh, the workshop was
addressed by UGC Secretary Dr Md Khaled and Director of Strategic Planning
and Quality Assurance Cell Dr Sultan Mahmud Bhuiyan as special guests.
It was also addressed, among others, by UGC Deputy Director Mouli Azad and
Senior Assistant Directors Rabiul Islam and Nazrul Islam and RUET Registrar
Dr Selim Hossain and Deputy Director (Students Welfare) Mamun Or Rashid.
Professor Shah Nowaz also urged the university authority to properly
utilize the public money and put emphasis on developing the nation through
providing quality education.
He told the meeting that 40 public universities of the country including
RUET signed the Annual Performance Agreement with UGC for the current fiscal
year under the Performance Management Framework Policy of the government on
July 8 last year.
The major goal of the agreement is to establish good governance and
excellence at the higher educational institutions of the country, he added.