UGC Frowns on Using EPR Results for Promotion Purpose

The University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh has announced that the judgment grade given by the External Peer Review team (EPRT) should not be utilized as a promotional statement in any public platform. According to Professor Sanjoy Adhikari, Head of Quality Assurance Unit, University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, “the use of the EPR grading for promotional purpose is unethical”. All universities should refrain from this practice due to the following reasons:

• The EPR Team cannot be compared across the universities;
• The judgment is inconclusive about actual quality of the programme with reference to national and international standards; and
• The EPR report only highlights the extent to which improvement is needed in the programme.