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BSMMU Recruitment Scam

No progress in bringing persons responsible to book

Mahbuba Zannat
Though 10 months have already passed since the investigation committee's report on recruitment scam at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) was submitted to the vice-chancellor, there is no progress in bringing the persons involved in the scam to book.
The committee that submitted its report on July 26 of last year revealed that gross irregularities took place in recruiting the teachers and doctors along with other employees during the BNP-led four-party alliance government that doubled the number of health professionals at the university.
It also found the involvement of many senior teachers and adminis-trativeofficials in the scam.
But a review committee that was formed on August 5 tried to justify the recruitment irregularities quoting the decision of the 21st meeting of the syndicate, known as 'partisan syndicate’, which recommended that the conditions are relaxable for candidates with special qualifications', several senior teachers told The Daily Star.
The review committee for-
warded its observations to die syndicate to legalise the recruitment of professors, associate professors and assistant professors who lack experience, publications and academic qualifications, they said, adding that this was enough to ruin the post-graduate medical education in the lone medical university of the country.
Considering the three criteria of teachers' recruitment -- qualification. experience and publication according to the recruitment rules of the university -- the investigation committee identified the appointment ofsome 14 professors as totally irregular.
Irregularities in recruitment were also detected in tire cases of 12 associate professors and many assistant professors.
"The review committee just tried to safeguard the accused teachers and doctors as they are now holding posts in the administration," one of the aggrieved teachers said, adding that the topmost positions in the administration are still occupied by life members a pro-BNP professional body.
Even the 26th syndicate meeting on March 18 ignored the issue
of irregularities, saying that it would be discussed in the next meeting,
Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started to investigate the purchase-related corruption cases of the university.
"It is good that the ACC is investigating the issue, but bringing the persons involved in recruitment irregularities to book is more important as the future of the university depends on tire teachers," a senior teaching staff said, adding that if the university absorbs inefficient teachers and medical professionals it would lead the university to ruin.
According to the probe committee report, financial irregularities involving around Tk 8 crore were detected in the case of purchasing cathlab, an important instrument for heart surgery, and other things while some 3600 teachers and employees were recruited against 1600 posts, and most of the administrative officials, who still hold the important positions, were involved in the process.
Talking to The Daily Star, BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Mohammad Tahir said the ACC has
been investigating the administrative irregularities, which also include recruitment scam, for the last one month.
"But we can't say how much Lime it will take to reach a decision on the issue," he added.
Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof Nazrul Islam said, "As the ACC is not working with the recruitment issue, the UGC will start investigating both academic and recruitment irregularities within a .month."
"As we came to know that the university itself had formed committees to investigate the issue and the ACC has also come forward to investigate, we did not feel like starting of our own investigation prior to this,” he said, adding that the UGC is yet to receive any investigation report from BSMMU, and by this time the UGC's intervention has been demanded by different groups and the UGC is also becoming concerned over the issue.
Talking to this correspondent, Major Maksud, team leader of the ACC taskforce, said they are investigating all kinds of irregularities at BSMMU.