A three-member German technical cooperation agency delegation paid a courtesy call on the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh chairman Professor SMA Faiz at the UGC in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Members of the UGC Professor Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan and Professor Mohammad Anwar Hossen, and secretary Md Fakhrul Islam, and its International Collaboration department director Jasmine Parvin, among others, attended the meeting, said a press release.
GIZ project manager Christian Bochmann led the three-member delegation.
The meeting discussed in detail the GIZ-supported projects titled Higher Education and Leadership Development for Sustainable Textiles in Bangladesh, Kick Makes the Difference, and the project to establish a Sustainability Chair at Ahsanullah Science and Technology University.
It is to be noted that under the HELD project, technical assistance is being provided for textile education in Bangladesh and for creating skilled human resources in this sector.
Under the Kick project, assistance is being provided for the formulation of a curriculum on textiles at the undergraduate level at Ahsanullah Science and Technology University by providing scholarships to students of Bangladesh Textile University and Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur and establishing a Sustainability Chair.
The GIZ delegation expected continued cooperation from the UGC in implementing higher education projects.
The UGC was called upon to provide assistance in various areas, including higher research support on green textiles and sustainable clothing industry, launching an exchange programme in Germany and increasing scholarship opportunities, and teacher training.
