Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) Prof Abdul Mannan on Friday said that university teachers should be recruited based on their merit, right skills and attitude.
The process should be transparent, said the UGC Chairman while addressing a daylong workshop on 'Annual Performance Management: Perspective Shahjalal University of Science and Technology' at the SUST campus as the chief guest.
"Don't minimise the basic requirements in recruitment criteria for giving undue advantage to a specific person or persons," he said.
He also declared that corruption should not exist at any level in the university, said a UGC press release, reports UNB.
Providing quality education should be priority of any university in the country, he added.
SUST Vice-chancellor Professor Farid Uddin Ahmed said all need to ensure good governance at institutions of Bangladesh.
He said SUST appoint teachers on the basis of merit and the recruitment process is always transparent.
The VC also said his university took zero tolerance against ragging, sexual harassment, corruption, drugs and militancy.
Dean of the School of Social Sciences Professor Dr Md Abdul Ghani, Private University Division Director of UGC Dr Fakhrul Islam and Registrar of SUST Mohd Isfaqul Hussain and its Deputy Registrar AFM Miftaul Haque addressed the workshop.
Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Cultural Affairs Md Kamrul Hasan, Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Education Zakia Pervin and Md Nazrul Islam, Senior Assistant Director of UGC were the resources persons.
Zafor Ahommed Jahangir, Joint Secretary, Md Shah Alom, Additional Director, Md Shahin Siraj, Deputy Secretary and Shah Mohammad Aminul Islam, Deputy Director of UGC, among others, were present.
Faculty members of the university, senior officials from UGC, SUST and focal points of six public universities took part in the workshop.
