The document categorizes private universities in Bangladesh into three groups based on their economic status: 1) Profiting Private Universities that have sound income from tuition and other funds, 2) Non-Profiting Private Universities that do not have adequate income due to low enrollment or lack of funds, and 3) Self-Sustaining Private Universities that are surviving poorly in a "hand to mouth" situation. The government demands taxes from universities but provides no funding or aid. It is also suggested that supportive policies and equal treatment of private and public universities could help improve the situation.

1. Private Universities
in Bangladesh
Categories based on economic
features

2. Presented by-
Ridwanul Mosrur
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3. Depending on economic states the
private universities of Bangladesh can
be categorized in 3 major categories.
They are…
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4. Profiting Private Universities (PPU)
At present, there are few
universities in this category. These
universities have sound income
from students’ tuition & from
other fund.
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5. Non-Profiting Private Universities
(NPPU)
At present, more than few
universities are there in this category.
These universities do NOT have
adequate income due to less number
of students or lack of funds.
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6. Self-Sustaining Private Universities
(SSPU)
At present, most of the universities
in Bangladesh belong to this
category. These universities are
surviving badly often at ‘hand to
mouth’ situation.

7. What is government doing?
Government does NOT providing any
money/fund/aid to them. Instead,
government demand tax on the annual
financial turnover by each university.
Government official often harass them at
the name of audit & quality control. Rumors
exposed that, some of those officials take
bribes by threatening them.
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8. What the investors think?
The common belief of the
investors/trusties is that, it is a good field of
business where huge profit is possible with
the elevation of social status.
It doesn’t matter in what extent the
quality is being ensured in reality but it must
have pen-paper quality assurance.
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9. What could be done?
 Formulating sector friendly policy
 Point to point implementation of
that
policy
 Private & Public universities
should fuse
into equal level playing field
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