The government has taken multifaceted steps in the past few years to improve the quality of higher education in Bangladesh,’ says UGC secretary

Australia has expressed interest in providing necessary assistance for the improvement of higher education and quality assurance systems in Bangladesh.Representatives of the Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment made the remarks in a meeting with the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC), held through a virtual platform on Tuesday, a press release said. Dr Ferdous Zaman, secretary (Additional Charge) of UGC, said the government had taken multifaceted steps in the past few years to improve the quality of higher education in Bangladesh. A number of specialized universities are established and new subjects are opened to produce skilled manpower to meet the demands of the current labour market, he added.Ferdous also mentioned that Bangladesh Accreditation Council is established to oversee the quality of education and the information management system of higher education in Bangladesh is being modernized to help evaluating the education system.