POBNEWS24, Dhaka Sep 13, 2022 : The election of teacher representatives of the highest policy-making forum syndicate of Dhaka University is on Tuesday. This election will be held for six posts in six categories. These are Dean, Principal, Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Lecturer. In this election, pro-Awami League teachers’ organization Blue Dal has fielded candidates for all positions, but pro-BNP teachers’ organization Sada Dal has failed to field candidates for two positions.
Today from 9 am to 2 pm in Nawab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhavan of Dhaka University, the Syndicate Election Voting will be taken. The chief vice-chancellor of the syndicate. University Treasurer Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed will conduct this election as Akhtaruzzaman’s representative Earlier, in the last election of the syndicate held in April 2018, only the white party won the post of dean
There are total 18 posts in Dhaka University Syndicate Six of these posts (Dean, Principal, Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Lecturer) are directly elected by the teachers through voting. In other posts, representatives are determined ex-officio and by nomination They are the Vice-Chancellor, two Vice-Chancellors, two College Principals nominated by the Academic Council, two elected representatives of the Senate (one registered graduate and one academician), three persons nominated by the Acharya (President), one Government Officer of at least the rank of Secretary nominated by the Government and one nominated by the Senate (Senate (from outside) a distinguished citizen Syndicate members are nominated and elected for two years However, they remain in place until the next election
Blue and white party candidates who
Blue party has fielded candidates for all six positions in the syndicate elections to be held today The candidates of the blue party are Abdus Chamad, the convener of the organization and the dean of science faculty for the post of dean, Masudur Rahman, the principal of Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall for the post of principal, and the general secretary of the university teachers’ association for the post of professor. Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, Abu Hussain Muhammad Ahsan, teacher of public administration department as associate professor, Mohammad Sharif Ul Islam, teacher of information science and library management department as assistant professor and Mahin Mohid of plant science department as lecturer.
Meanwhile, the white party could not give candidates for two positions (dean and lecturer) in this election of the syndicate As the reason for this, the leading teachers of the white party said that currently, teachers are appointed on the basis of party considerations and there are various types of pressure on new teachers. So it is said that there is no lecturer in the white team They do not want to be candidates of the white party because of fear even if they keep in contact And currently there is no one from the white party on the position of dean (elected) of the internal 10 faculties of the university As a result, due to practical reasons, the white party could not provide candidates for the posts of dean and lecturer
The candidates of the white party in four positions are the principal of Sir PJ Hartog International Hall. Mohiuddin, convener of the white party and member of the Senate as a professor. Lutfar Rahman, Al-Amin of Accounting and Information Systems Department as Associate Professor and Shafi Md. of World Religions and Culture Department as Assistant Professor. Mustafa
