Finally, Bogra Science and Technology University is being launched. This university is being started in the light of the law enacted 22 years ago. The government has published the gazette declaring the existing law effective from May 22. As a result of the implementation of the law, the opportunity for admission of students has been created in the current academic year.
This information has been clarified in the notification signed by Mosammat Roksana, Deputy Secretary of Science and Technology University Branch of Secondary and Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education.
The notification was published in the gazette on May 8.
It is said that the government has fixed the date of implementation of that law on 22nd May 2023 as per the power of sub-section 2 of section 1 of the Bogra Science and Technology University Act 2001. It is to be noted that the said section of the Act states that the Act shall come into force on the date to be determined by the Government Notification.
As a result of the implementation of this law, the way for admission of students in this university has been opened from the current academic year.
It should be noted that the current Awami League government passed the Science and Technology University Act in Bogra in 2001 at the end of the 1996-2001 term. However, after the change of power in the 2001 elections, this university was no longer operational. Even after Awami League came to power in 2009, no initiative was taken to launch it. However, an initiative was taken to make a new law 2020 to set up the Bogra Science and Technology University by bypassing the old law.
In January 2020, the Cabinet also gave in-principle approval to the draft Bogra Science and Technology University Act 2020. However, after that the law did not see the light of day. The government is now going to implement the 2001 Act and start the university.