Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) in Gazipur has achieved the first position in the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for its good performance in the 2021-22 fiscal year.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) published the APA report on Monday, evaluating the country’s 46 public universities in the 2021-22 fiscal year.
BSMRAU secured the top position with a score of 99.47 out of 100 among the 46 public universities for the second consecutive year. Dhaka University stood second with a score of 94.48.
The APA report is evaluated on six points and 100 marks. Of them, 70 marks were for strategic purposes, 10 for fair practices, 10 for e-governance and innovative plan, 4 for resolving allegation plan, 3 for service plan and 3 for information rights performance plan.
The UGC APA report shows that in the 2021-22 fiscal year, 35 universities achieved scores above 50 and 13 got less than 50. But only 11 universities achieved scores above 80 and 4 above 90.
The APA report shows that Jagannath University stood third, Bangladesh Open University fourth, Bangladesh University of Professionals fifth, Khulna Agricultural University sixth, University of Chittagong seventh, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology eighth, Jessore University of Science and Technology ninth and Chittagong Medical University tenth.
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Islamic University, Bangladesh, and the University of Rajshahi received scores below 20.
UGC officials said they will arrange a programme for providing awards for the top position holder. The top position holder will receive a crest and a certificate from the UGC as appreciation and also recognition for their better work.
The rest of the university, especially those who received scores below 50 out of 100, will be asked to do better in the current fiscal year. So far, there has been no example of taking any action against the underperforming universities.
The APA started in the 2015-16 fiscal year under the supervision of the Education Ministry, but it was handed over to the UGC from the 2016-17 fiscal year.
