Gross irregularities, mismanagement, ?session jam? and outdated curricula are threatening the very existence of a university funded by taxpayers? money. At stake is the future of thousands of students.
Countless young men and women who make the mistake of getting admitted to colleges affiliated to NU spend many more years on the campus than they should because examinations are never held on time and results make it to the notice board after ages!
The long delay in holding of examinations and publication of results is hurting students where it hurts most: jobs.
The first-year honours admission procedures will face a major setback this month for acute manpower shortages. The projected annual student intake of the university is 0.35 million. As many as 807 staff and officials, recruited during the tenure of the then BNP-led four-party alliance government, were sacked as per a High Court directive on September 11.
The NU authorities had to witness the same situation during the BNP rule as the officials and staff loyal to the then opposition party ? Awami League ? were sacked or made officers on special duty.
Allegations are there that a section of officials, loyal to the ruling party, are engaged in the leakage of question papers.
The students, who fail
to gain their admissions to the universities of their choices, enrol themselves at NU, the country?s largest higher education providing institution.
But they have to wait year after year to pursue higher education, wasting valuable time. Even, a huge amount of money is spent unnecessarily for a long delay in getting their cherished degrees per year.
?I am sitting for the first-year examinations at the time when I was supposed to enter 3rd year of the honours course. Like me, all the students are facing the same fate,? said Fuad, a Dhaka college student.
When contacted, Prof Serajul Islam Chowdhury said universities should introduce job-oriented subjects to beat the rising rates of unemployment among educated youths.
National University produces a huge number of educated unemployed who lack quality as well, he told daily sun. ?NU needs to be reorganised. It should incorporate market-oriented subjects.?
According to a recent UGC report, both NU and Open University provided a staggering 300,072 degrees among students last year while the other 30 universities provided 48,502 degrees.
Not the session jam only, but outdated curricula, negligence of the authorities and corruption in the administration are leaving thousands of students in an uncertain future.
NU started a three-year pass (degree) course instead of two years in a bid to enhance its competitiveness in the job market, but the extension rather worsened students? sufferings instead of adding any value to the degree for huge time consumption.
Sources said most of the sacked staff were from computer unit and ICT department of the university for their alleged involvement in corruption.
Several hundred students regularly fall prey to the corrupt officials of the university in Gazipur. Without greasing the officials? palms, no work is completed properly, said a student who preferred not to be named.
When contacted, a highly-placed source told insincerity on the part of the university staff is responsible for their failure to hold examinations and publish results in time.
There are also some complexities in the exam and result processes, he said, adding that lack of skilled manpower shortage is also a reason behind session jam.
Lax management, lengthy examination schedules, tremendous pressure on the government press and negligence of a section of teachers and employees also lead to session jam.
NU Pro-VC Prof. Tofail Ahmad Chowdhury said, ?We are trying to address an acute manpower shortage. If necessary, we will take technical support as we are planning to set up a powerful server with latest software.?
Academic as well as administrative activities of six regional centres of the university at six divisional headquarters are in progress, he added.
Source: daily-sun.com
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