Barishal Regional Center (RC) is one of the most important Regional Centers
among the twelve Regional Centers of Bangladesh Open University (BOU). According to the main city of the
region and the location of the Regional Center office, it is named Barisal Regional Center.
The BOU authority decided to establish this regional center to assure the availability of BOU resources
and activities in the region through its Sub-Regional Centers and Study centers. Barishal Regional
Center was established on 10 December 1994. It is situated in the southern part of Bangladesh that
is Rupatali Housing State in Barishal District under Barishal division.
Structurally this Regional Center is a three-storied building with a well-furnished gate. The area of
this campus is approximately 2 acres. There are five Sub-Regional Centers under Barishal Regional Center
and the Sub-regional Centers are Jhlakhati, Pirojpur, Bhola, Patuakhali, and Barguna. The chief authority
of this Regional Center is the Regional Director (RD) and he supervises all the activities of RC and SRC’s
according to the direction of the authority of the head office of Bangladesh Open University. From the
very beginning of Barishal Regional Center’s establishment, it has been playing a vital role in the
field of spreading education to all sectors of people, especially to the grass root and dropped-out
people of the southern part of Bangladesh. This Regional Center is running a number of academic
programs adopting the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) method to eradicate illiteracy and to make
versified people contribute to the field of domestic growth of Bangladesh.
The mission of Barishal Regional Center is to spread quality education, both general and need-specific, among all sections of citizens of the country, irrespective of their age and gender in a flexible manner by using a suitable mix of educational media technologies.
Barishal Regional Center strives to ensure education for all in the country through open and distance
learning system and to excel as a caterer of higher education.
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