JS committee urges IU to follow UGC rules

The Parliamentary Stan-ding Committee on Public Undertaken urged on Tuesday the Islamic University (IU) to follow the rules of University Grants Commission (UGC), reports BSS.

It also urges the IU authority to take necessary measures so that no audit objection is raised in future. The directives came at the 17th meeting of the committee held at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with its chairman Shawkat Ali in the chair.

Committee members Muhibur Rahman Manik, Abdur Rauf and Advocate Navana Akhter attended the meeting. The committee was apprised that there were total 619 audit objections from 1978 to 2013-14 in the IU, of which 132 objections have been settled. Besides, there are 487 unsettled audit objections involving nearly Tk 999.10 million.

The parliamentary watchdog body passed recommendation to settle the audit objections through bilateral or trilateral meetings.

It also urged the IU authorities to fulfill the 30 per cent freedom fighters' children quota during appointment of human resources and also follow the appointment guideline of government.

Education Secretary, UGC member, IU Vice-chancellor and officials concerned were present at the meeting.