15 UGC representatives are going to Pakistan to visit higher education institutions

❐ Staff Reporter

At a time when there was widespread criticism over the news of a 12-member team’s visit to Pakistan to learn about government official work, news of a 15-member high-level delegation led by Bangladesh University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Dr. Mamun Ahmed’s visit to Pakistan emerged.

This information was given when a delegation of the Pakistan High Commission paid a courtesy call on the UGC Chairman at the UGC building on Tuesday. The three-member delegation was led by Pakistan High Commissioner to Dhaka Imran Haider. This information was revealed in a report by the news agency BSS.

The other members of the delegation are Deputy High Commissioner Muhammad Wasif and Councilor Kamran Dangal.

Pakistan High Commissioner Imran Haider said in the meeting that during this upcoming visit, the delegation will visit various higher education institutions in Pakistan and exchange views with senior officials concerned with improving the quality of education and research. In particular, the Bangladeshi representatives will have the opportunity to review first-hand the changes and revolutionary improvements that have taken place in the country’s higher education system as a result of the transformation of Pakistan’s University Grants Commission (UGC) into the ‘Higher Education Commission’.

UGC Chairman Professor Dr. Mamun Ahmed termed the visit as very important and said, “By directly understanding the experience gained in the higher education and research sector of Pakistan, new horizons can be opened in higher education and research for Bangladeshi students. Pakistan has achieved significant progress in higher education and research in recent years.”

He further said that the Bangladesh government and UGC do not consider public and private universities separately in providing higher education. Currently, the country has achieved numerical progress in higher education, and now the goal is to ensure the quality of education and achieve excellence in research.

Pakistan’s High Commissioner Imran Haider said that Pakistani universities have achieved significant achievements in the fields of medicine, engineering, information technology, agriculture, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies by global standards. Several universities in the country, both public and private sectors, are currently playing a leading role in research.

UGC members Professor Dr. Md. Saidur Rahman and Professor Dr. Mohammad Ayub Islam, Commission Secretary Dr. Md. Fakhrul Islam, and Director of the International Cooperation Department Jasmine Parveen were present at the meeting.