DHAKA, June 10, 2026 — The University Grants Commission (UGC) is planning to establish a permanent dialogue platform involving stakeholders to identify and resolve academic and administrative challenges in the country’s universities.
At the same time, the commission is also preparing to introduce continuous training programmes to enhance the skills and competencies of university teachers.
UGC Chairman Prof. Mamun Ahmed disclosed the information at an exchange meeting held at the UGC office in Agargaon, Dhaka today afternoon.
The meeting was held with vice-chancellors of public and private universities under the "Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT)" project, focusing on training arrangements aimed at improving the capacity of university teachers.
Speaking at the meeting, Mamun Ahmed said that it is necessary to expand opportunities for mutual cooperation and experience sharing among universities to address the various challenges in the higher education sector.
He said an integrated platform will be created where university teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders will be able to regularly discuss different problems and prospects. This will also help strengthen inter-university communication and collaboration.
The UGC chairman also said that important guidance was recently received from a workshop held with the Prime Minister regarding higher education transformation and the formulation of a long-term roadmap. Based on that guidance and the commission’s existing strategic development plan, a new action plan will be prepared.
He further said that initiatives are being taken to develop students not only for jobs but also as entrepreneurs in order to make higher education more contemporary and relevant.
Detailed discussions were also held at the meeting on organizing management training for senior university teachers and foundational training for junior teachers.
It was also informed that these training programmes will be conducted in residential and hybrid formats. The meeting also discussed making training mandatory, linking training with promotions, and forming a pool of domestic and foreign trainers. These initiatives will be implemented gradually under the HEAT project.
Among others, UGC members Professor Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Prof. Md. Saidur Rahman, Prof. Mashuma Habib, Professor Mohammad Ayub Islam, and Professor Abdullah Al Mamun were present at the meeting.
Vice-chancellors were present at the meeting included Prof. Md. Faridul Islam of Rajshahi University, Prof. Mohammad Al-Forkan of Chittagong University, Prof. Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan of Jahangirnagar University, Prof. Mohammad Siddiquur Rahman Khan of Bangladesh Open University, Prof. FM Siddiqui of Bangladesh Medical University, Prof. Ekramul Haque of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Prof. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury of North South University, Prof. Syed Farhat Anwar of BRAC University, and Prof. Saiful Islam of American International University-Bangladesh.
Additionally, Dhaka University Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) Prof. Abdus Salam, UGC Secretary Dr. Md. Fakhrul Islam, and HEAT Project Director Prof. Asaduzzaman, among others, were also present at the event.
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