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University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) Chairman Professor DrThe SMA Faiz today emphasised reducing distance between student-teacher relationships to ensure an effective academic environment, saying teachers should understand students’ expectations and meet them accordingly.
“Student-teacher relationships gap should be reduced to ensure an effective academic atmosphere. In addition, teachers have to meet the expectations of students,” he said.
The chairman made the call while speaking as the chief guest at a workshop on a teacher training module under the “Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT)” project at UGC, funded by the government and the World Bank, BSS reported citing a press release.
Mentioning that the student-teacher relationships are the aspect of respect, Professor Faiz said distance that exists in the student-teacher relationships in the classroom should be minimised.
“Teachers should pay more attention to what the students want in the classroom,” he said, adding, “Today's students are very talented.”
He advised teachers to understand their students properly and give due respect to their emotions.
UGC member Professor Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, Professor Dr Mohammad Anwar Hossen and Additional Secretary (Development) of the Secondary and Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education Md Hasan Maruf also spoke.
Professor Tanjimuddin Khan emphasised increasing investment in education to make development sustainable, saying education should be kept at the centre to get a good position in the human development index.
He called upon the teachers to work with dedication to turn the students into human resources.
Professor Anwar said that the country's higher education will be transformed through the HEAT project, as it is expected to meet the needs of society eliminating the limitation.
He urged teachers to play an exemplary role in nation-building and ensuring social justice.
Hasan Maruf said that the HEAT project has been taken to improve the quality of higher education. He urged all concerned to comply with the government's rules and regulations in the implementation of the project to ensure the efficient use of the project funds.
Commission Secretary Dr Md Fakhrul Islam, Director of Planning and Development Mohammad Maksudur Rahman Bhuiyan and Project Director of HEAT Project Professor Dr Asaduzzaman also spoke with UGC Director of SPQA Dr Durga Rani Sarkar in the chair.
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of 106 private universities in the country participated in the workshop.