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Universities to reopen on May 24: Dipu Moni
Dhaka, Feb 22, 2021 (BSS) – Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said all the
public and private universities across the country will reopen on May 24
while dormitories will reopen on May 17.
“The residential halls of all public universities will reopen on May 17
while classes will start on May 24,” the minister told a virtual briefing
this afternoon.
Dipu Moni said all 1.30 lakh residential students of the country’s 220
public university halls, 15,000 teachers and 25,000 employees of different
public universities should receive vaccine before reopening of the
dormitories.
No examination will be taken before reopening of classes in the classrooms,
but online classes will be continued, she added.
The minister urged the university authorities to take all-out preparations
to reopen the universities as well as ensure all the required renovation of
the residential halls.
The decision on reopening schools and colleges will be taken after 28
February, said the education minister.
Educational institutions across the country were shut in March last year
due to outbreak of Coronavirus in the country.
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