The delegation of Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC) visited the modern Hatchery and Wet Lab, Genome Center, newly constructed Animal House, Gymnasium and other departments of Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST).
On Sunday morning, members of the delegation visited the JUST as a part of ‘Inspection of at least one initiative implemented in the country/abroad under the program No. (2.2.5) of E-Governance and Innovation Action Plan 2022-23’. The delegation was led by the chairman of BAC, Professor Dr. Mesbahuddin Ahmed. Later he attended the seminar titled ‘Quality Assurance and Accreditation’ organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Academic Bhaban Gallery of JUST as Chief Guest.
While speaking as the chief guest at the seminar, the BAC Chairman Prof. Dr. Mesbahuddin Ahmed said, Bangladesh Accreditation Council has been established to accredit higher education institutions and educational programs by ensuring the quality of higher education. He said, to build our skilled manpower, we have to shape it by formulating ‘Outcome Based Curriculum’. Curriculum should exclude unnecessary things and include those things which are necessary for the current society and times and the students. We want ‘Outcome Based Curriculum’ to be perfected.
While speaking as the president, the JUST vice-chancellor Professor Dr. Md. Anwar Hossain said, “We have a lot of learning from the statements made by the Chairman of Bangladesh Accreditation Council regarding the formulation of ‘Outcome Based Curriculum’. Hopefully, the teachers of this university will follow them and play a leading role in formulating the curriculum”. He thanked the members of the BSC delegation for visiting the JUST.
The Associate Director of IQAC Dr. Md. Munibur Rahman conducted the program while the Director of IQAC Professor Dr. Md. Nazmul Hasan also spoke at the seminar. At this time, teachers of various departments including the Deans, Chairmen of various faculties of JUST were present. Earlier, the BAC delegation visited the laboratories of JUST. The organization’s Director QA and NQF Mohammad Tajib Uddin, Deputy Director and Private Secretary to the Chairman Snigdha Baul, Programmer ABM Sharif Ud-Daula, Assistant Director Mehdi Hasan and Ashraful Hasan Nazir and others were included in the BSC delegation.