IQAC submits research proposal to the BAC
1st research progress report presentation to the BAC
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) submitted a research proposal on “Challenges of Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education of Bangladesh” to the Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC) for the fiscal year 2024-2025. The IQAC Additional Director A F Wazir Ahmad (jointly with Shubhankar Shil, Assistant Professor) submitted the proposal. The BAC solicited research proposal on 31 December 2023. The research proposals should be related to quality assurance and accreditation to ensure the quality of higher education in the country. Teachers and researchers working in higher education and research institutions in Bangladesh may submit. Based on the BAC Research Policy, the proposals must follow a prescribed format, which includes the project information, logical interpretation, budget, completion plan and short CV of the researcher/s. The deadline for submission was on 10 February 2024.
Last year, IQAC Director Prof. Dr. Jude William Genilo received a research grant from the BAC for the fiscal year 2023-2024 titled “Quality Assurance in Bangladesh Higher Education: A Review of Scholarly Works”. Prof. Genilo presented his progress report to the BAC last 29 February. The report included literature review, questionnaire development, sample selection, primary data collection, data analysis and draft report writing. About 50 scholarly works have been included in the meta-analysis.