President for ensuring proper infrastructure facilities at private universities

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President Zillur Rahman urged the authorities of private universities to ensure proper infrastructure facilities for their students alongside maintaining requisite standard of education.
"The universities must ensure proper educational environment with world-standard curriculum," he said.
The President was presiding over the first convocation of the International Business Administration and Information System (IBAIS) University at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre Monday, reports UNB.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid attended the function as special guest while Dhaka University Professor Dr Syed Manzoorul Islam spoke as the convocation speaker.
The President emphasized on some prerequisites for quality higher education, which include experienced faculties, ICT, library and laboratory facilities, other necessary infrastructure, opportunities of sports and creative activities and tuition fees in keeping with socioeconomic condition of the people.
He said the students must know the true history of the nation and the country during their studies at the universities.
Congratulating the new graduates the President urged them not to compromise on untruth and injustice and never forget about the motherland during their professional life either at home or abroad.
Convocation Speaker Prof Syed Manzoorul Islam said more investment was needed in primary and secondary level for ensuring quality education at the higher level.
"Education at the primary level is very weak," said the teacher of English Department of DU, adding that there would be no strong base of higher education unless the primary level was founded on requisite standards.
A total of 417 students were conferred upon graduate and postgraduate degrees from different disciplines at the convocation while Tanjina Sultana received the Chancellor's Gold Medal for her outstanding academic results.
Vice-chancellor of the university Prof Khandkar Rezaur Rahman and President of the board of governors Prof Zakaria Lincoln were also present on the occasion.