But teachers argue that issuing such a notice may create legal complications as the university’s ordinance is yet to be finalised.
They pointed out that as officers of the BCS general education cadre, they are statutorily appointed as teachers of government colleges. Therefore, they cannot participate in the confirmation and class-initiation processes of a proposed university that does not yet have a formalised legal structure.
They emphasised the need to resolve the crisis promptly by issuing the ordinance for the proposed university while preserving the independent structure of the seven colleges.
A longstanding crisis has surrounded these seven colleges. In 2017, they were brought under Dhaka University from the National University without adequate preparation.
The government colleges are: Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Begum Badrunnesa Mohila College, Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Kabi Nazrul College, Government Bangla College, and Titumir College.
Of these, only Eden and Titumir currently offer graduate and postgraduate programmes exclusively, while the remaining five also run higher secondary programmes.