Renowned teachers not keen to become VCs: Dipu Moni

Many renowned academics are not interested in becoming vice-chancellors of universities of the country, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday, reports UNB.

"We have very good teachers whom we would be proud to have as vice-chancellors. But many of them are not interested in taking this administrative responsibility," the education minister said.

The minister was speaking on "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University of Science and Technology, Pirojpur Bill-2022" in Parliament.

She said that when a panel is formed for the appointment of the VCs, the first thing the government considers is their academic excellence and the second thing is their work on research.

"At the same time, we also see whether they have the ability to lead any organisation," she said.

Opposing the bill, opposition Jatiya Party MP Mujibul Haque Chunnu and BNP's Harunur Rashid slammed the government for alleged irregularities and corruption of VCs of different universities.