AIUB offers 12.2pc of students free of cost education
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) presently offered 12.2 per cent of its students free of cost higher education and hoped to gradually increase its concessions to a larger number of country's poor students, reports UNB.
This was disclosed when a three-member delegation of AIUB, led by its Vice-Chancellor Dr Carmen Z. Lamagna, called on President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban in the city Monday.
The AIUB delegation also included its founder chairman Dr Anwarul Abedin and treasurer Dr Hasanul A. Hasan.
During the meeting, the President appreciated the AIUB initiatives and put further emphasis on increasing opportunities of higher education for the country's poor students at the private universities at free of cost or at less costs.
The delegation said to the President that they wanted to change the perception of some people about private universities that these were very costly places. The AIUB authorities would provide quality higher education at less cost, they said.
Putting emphasis on professional courses, the delegation informed that the AIUB would gradually increase its intake of students in Nursing and Information Technology courses with a view to developing skilled manpower.
This was disclosed when a three-member delegation of AIUB, led by its Vice-Chancellor Dr Carmen Z. Lamagna, called on President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban in the city Monday.
The AIUB delegation also included its founder chairman Dr Anwarul Abedin and treasurer Dr Hasanul A. Hasan.
During the meeting, the President appreciated the AIUB initiatives and put further emphasis on increasing opportunities of higher education for the country's poor students at the private universities at free of cost or at less costs.
The delegation said to the President that they wanted to change the perception of some people about private universities that these were very costly places. The AIUB authorities would provide quality higher education at less cost, they said.
Putting emphasis on professional courses, the delegation informed that the AIUB would gradually increase its intake of students in Nursing and Information Technology courses with a view to developing skilled manpower.