Private Universities asked to move out of residential areas
August 21, 2008
The government has asked the private universities located in residential areas or on VIP roads in Dhaka to move to other places in three months.
‘The private higher educational institutions which are now located in residential areas or on VIP roads will need to move to other places in three months… Such a move is part of the government efforts to solve traffic congestion of the city,’ said an order issued by the education ministry on August 13.
‘A copy of the order has been sent to the ministries of home, communications and public works, and University Grants Commission and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha for further action,’ an education ministry official said.
‘The University Grants Commission has accordingly asked the private universities to move out from such areas and roads to other places,’ he said.
‘The decision was made at a meeting in the Chief Adviser’s Office on July 29 in the presence of the chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed. The meeting discussed ways to address traffic congestion in the city,’ the education ministry official told New Age on Wednesday.
Of the total 51 private universities, 41 are housed in rented buildings in Dhaka. A large number of private schools and colleges are now also located in residential areas such as Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, Gulshan, Banani and Uttara.
Some schools, colleges and private universities are located on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, a VIP road, in Dhaka.
The government in April decided not to allow establishment of any new educational institutions on any important, busy and VIP roads and in residential areas across the country.
‘The existing unplanned location of educational institutions is responsible for severe traffic congestion, rampant untoward incidents such as damage to vehicles, incidents of setting vehicles on fire, road blockade and threats to VIP movement security and these factors have prompted the government to make the decision,’ another official of the ministry said.
Source: New Age
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