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24 Jul 2013
WB to provide $110 m to enhance quality of higher education

The World Bank is going to provide $110 million as additional financing for enhancing the quality of higher education in Bangladesh. The amount would be provided against the ongoing project of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) in the country. With this additional financing the total IDA contribution to the project would be $191.0 million from the original $81.0 million, according to sources.

Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), has contributed in providing the universities much needed research infrastructure in the form of state-of-art equipment and instruments for science labs, modernized laboratories, finds an interim impact assessment of the project. The Government of Bangladesh, with the support from the World Bank, has been implementing the HEQEP through the University Grants Commission.

The project promotes academic innovation in both public and private universities through a competitive funding mechanism, known as the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF). The project, in its fourth year of implementation, has recorded significant progress, especially in promoting academic innovation in the country’s higher education institutions through two rounds of AIF. Computer labs and lecture theaters with multimedia facilities have also been established in universities. Through the project, efforts have been successful in providing library automation, campus network, books and journals to the students and faculty members of universities. 65 research articles have been published in peer reviewed journals and universities have also organized 390 national and international seminars and workshops.

The UGC Digital Library created by the project is now providing science, engineering and medical journals to teachers and students free of cost through specialized e-resource providers. Six public universities have already been connected to Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) and this is expected to establish the basic infrastructure backbone for connecting all remaining universities soon.

The positive outcome achieved so far by the project has prompted the Bangladesh government to request for additional financing to launch a third round of AIF and include new activities. The additional financing will also be utilized to expand BdREN applications and establish a Quality Assurance mechanism at universities.

Source :: The Independent