Newly appointed Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Monday suggested enhancing capacity of the newly established universities by emphasizing constructing infrastructures, introducing laboratory facilities and appointing skilled manpower.
He gave the suggestion when a five-member delegation of University Grants Commission (UGC) led by its chairman Professor Muhammad Alamgir paid a courtesy call on the new minister at his Secretariat office in the capital.
UGC members Professor Md Sajjad Hossain, Professor Bishwajit Chanda and Professor Hasina Khan, its secretary Dr Ferdous Jaman were in the delegation.Mohibul Hassan suggested setting up new departments on the basis of the demand of time and reality.
He urged the UGC to take up effective measures for ensuring quality education and research in the country.