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Buet goes soft on teachers' certificate forgery

Star Report
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) seems mysteriously reluctant to take stern action against a teacher, who produced forged certificates for personal gains from the institution.
Terming the Buet syndicate 'mysteriously lenient', teachers and students expressed frustration at the way the disgraceful act of Dr Kazi Azizul Mawla was handled.
The syndicate finished its job by cancelling only his salary incre-
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ments for the next five years (about Tk 300 a year) and disqualifying him from 'selection grade'. The cancellation of the selection grade disqualifies him from meagre financial benefits when elevated to higher posts.
By contrast, Buet has a history of dealing with such offences ruthlessly. In 1974, a student was expelled from Buet when it was proven that he had produced a false voucher of Tk 112 against a bill, a former student recalled the verdict of a conservative syndicate.
The syndicate in its meeting on July 30 decided on the basis of an investigation that Architect Mawla had produced fabricated documents in support of his claim for a qualification on 'Master's level supervision' from the School of Architecture and Building Engineering at Liverpool University.
In a letter from Liverpool University on Dr Mawla's claim, a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Star, Dr G Walker, head of student and examination division, said, "The matter of most concern to the university arising from this case is the receipt of a copy of a letter allegedly sent to Dr Mawla and signed by the department secretary. The contents of this letter are false and the signature is not that of the departmental secretary. The intentions of whoever supplied you with the letter must therefore be questionable and for our own information
it would be helpful to know who did so. The university is conscious of a growing number of instances where false documentation allegedly issued by the university is being used to secure employment..."
Also, the Buet investigation confirmed that the school's secretary RA Wood never signed any such document, the syndicate observed.
Dr Mawla forged the document to become a full professor; yet he was let off with little punishment, many felt.
The Buet teachers' association had observed in a written statement that the punishment for such a crime did not seem appropriate in accordance with the statute of Buet. It demanded exemplary punishment for the offence.
However, Dr Noim Chowdhury, member of Buet syndicate, told The Daily Star that the decision was taken unanimously by all attending members.
"Each of us examined the charge separately and reached the conclusion," Dr Noim said.
In a similar case, on which the Buet syndicate is yet to reach a decision, it was found that another Buet teacher Shaheda Rahman made a written claim to Buet that she had supervised a PhD thesis in the University of North London. A Buet investigation revealed that Shaheda did not have anything to do with such supervision.