HC asks policy for issuing PhD

The High Court has directed the University Grants Commission to monitor the process of conferring PhDs in universities and report back in three months.

It also issued a rule asking why the authority will not be ordered to take measures to scrutinise or audit a dissertation by an information technology specialist, prior to its finalisation to prevent plagiarism by teachers or researchers.

On Tuesday, Justice AFRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader issued the order following the primary hearing of a writ petition seeking an order to stop plagiarism and cheating in a PhD or equivalent degrees.

The education secretary, the Dhaka University vice-chancellor and the UGC chairman were asked to respond to the rule.

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