A decision was made on Sunday to name the new university comprising the seven government colleges in the capital as Dhaka Central University.
The decision was taken at a meeting between the representatives of the seven colleges and the University Grants Commission.
Chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar told said at a briefing that an interim administrator would be nominated for the university from the principals of the seven colleges.
The seven colleges are Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Begum Badrunnesa Government Women鈥檚 College, Mirpur Government Bangla College and Government Titumir College.
Several students representing the seven colleges hold a meeting with UGC chairman Professor SMA Faiz and other senior officials at the UGC Bhaban in the capital on Sunday.
Earlier, several names were proposed including Dhaka Federal University and July 36 University, but finally the students gave consent to the name鈥� Dhaka Central University.
The deputy press secretary, Azad Majumdar, at the press briefing held at the Foreign Service Academy in the afternoon, said that 28 teams were formed with the students of the seven colleges.
The students put forward several names, he said, adding that the UGC finalised the name after discussions with the team leaders.
Azad also said that the UGC had already prepared a framework for how the university would be managed during the transition period which was sent through the education ministry to the syndicate meeting of Dhaka University for approval.
鈥楾he framework proposes appointing an interim administrator to the new university鈥檚 management during the transition period,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥楾his administrator will be one of the principals of the seven colleges.鈥�
The deputy press secretary said that the UGC had already conducted interviews of all principals and the college from which the administrator would be selected would become the headquarters of the interim management committee.
Additionally, a coordination desk would be created for each of the seven colleges, and the responsibility for coordinating these desks would lie with the respective principal, he said.
He added that the framework for the university would be finalised by the chief adviser, the education adviser and the new university authorities.
Before 1992 the country鈥檚 all degree colleges were operated by Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Chittagong University and Bangladesh Agricultural University.
In 1992, the government colleges under the public universities were brought under National University.
On February 17, 2017, the government affiliated the seven colleges with Dhaka University following an order of the then prime minister to bring all public colleges under public universities at different places across the country.
After the affiliation, crises were seen on a regular basis as students of the seven colleges alleged that the DU authorities failed to run them properly.
In 2024, the students staged a large movement in October, to push for the establishment of an autonomous university to govern the colleges and the education ministry on December 29 formed an expert committee to form an outline for an independent institutional structure equivalent to a university.
On January 27, Dhaka University authorities decided to cancel their affiliation with these colleges and announced that no student would be admitted to the colleges under the DU from the 2024-2025 academic year.
According to the United News of Banglades,h these colleges collectively have about 2,00,000 students and over 1,000 teachers while around 21,500 students get admitted to these colleges each session.聽
