Green University of Bangladesh (GUB)
organised a seminar titled ‘Reflections on National Budget 2013-14’ at the
university auditorium in the city on Saturday.
Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor of Bangladesh Bank, was present at the seminar as the chief guest and Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), was the guest of honour. Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Golam Samdani Fakir presided over the function.
The programme was organised by MBA Forum of the university. Prof Dr Md Abdul Hannan Mia, adviser to the Faculty of Business Studies, delivered the welcome speech.
In the proposed national budget for fiscal 2013-2014, education sector gets the third largest allocation, but the percentage of the allocation declines by 11.3 percent which was 14.3 in the revised budget of 2009-10 fiscal year.
The seminar observed that the allocation in education sector is declining whereas the sector has witnessed a rapid growth with the increase of students, teachers and institutions. The seminar further observed that the rate of inflation is increasing which deserves larger allocation for the sector.
Among others, Treasurer Md Shahid Ullah, Dean of Law Faculty Prof Dr M Rabiul Hossain, Dean of Science and Engineering Faculty Prof Dr Md Saifur Rahman, Registrar Lt Col (retd) Md Ali Ambial Haque Khan, Controller of Examinations Prof SMK Nazmul Haque, and chairmen of all departments, faculty members and students were present in the seminar.
