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Financing Higher Education

Support students with guidelines

Speakers tell seminar

Metro Desk
Speakers at a seminar yesterday expressed deep concern over higher education in the country and suggested ways and means to improve the methodology of teaching with improved curriculum to flourish the intellect thereby enlarging the knowledge base of
students in line with scientific, technological innovation and global changes.
Financing higher education being an important issue, prospective students in both public and private universities should be logistically supported with pragmatic policy guidelines to maintain high academic standard in the interests of national growth and development, they added.
The speakers said this at the seminar on 'Financing higher education' organised by IUBAT on the occasion of the publication of a book styled 'Knowledge-Based Area Development (KBAD): A Step Towards Community Self-Reliance' by Prof M Alimullah Miyan Vice Chancellor of IUBAT at the Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Prof Miyan made a comprehensive exposure on the concept of KBAD through his presentation highlighting thought of alternative financing for higher education in developing economies like Bangladesh.
He developed KBAD illustrating ways forward to overcome obstacle by an alternative financing programme called 'Knowledgebased area development', says a press release.
IUBAT is implementing KBAD through provisions of deferred payment, education loan and
grants for financially handicapped students, said Dr Miyan, adding that meeting up this escalating obstacle requires participation of cross section of people in the society, including the government.
Speaking as the chief guest, Prof Eric Frank, formerly of University of Bath, England and adviser to World Scout Organisation, Geneva, unwrapped the cover of the book and call on all to continue initiatives for realisation of KBAD concept to benefit the entire society by opening new door in higher education.
Prof John Richards of Simon Fraser University, Canada talked on global perspective in higher education financing.
Kazi Khaled Shams Chisty, Faculty of IUBAT and Prof MA Mannan demonstrated the existing scenario of higher education financing in the country emphasising on problems and prospects through comparative explanation on role of the government in educational financing in non-govemment and public universities.
Summing up the discussion, Prof Miyan hoped that with the large-scale initiative of the policymakers and educationists, the KBAD concept would pave a new horizon in the academic area ofthecountry.x