About the Division

The administration is responsible to provide administrative support and to expedite the academic activities of BOU that functions in collaboration with schools and divisions. Besides these, the division has to ensure the implementation of the decisions taken by the Board of Governors, Academic Council and other statutory bodies formed under the Act of BOU. The division consists of 9 departments and each has its own responsibilities. The departments are as follows:

• Registrar’s Office
• General Administration
• Council
• Personnel-1 (Teacher & Officer)
• Personnel-2 (Staff)
• Training & Research
• Procurement
• Transport &
• Medical Services
• Research Degree Unit

The Vice-Chancellor is the chief executive and academic officer of the university. However, the whole administration is supervised by the Registrar.

Mission

The main objective of BOU is to expand all levels of education accessible to all and to transform the country’s vast human resources into efficient manpower by improving the quality of education in general. BOU is maintaining its academic programs through 12 Regional Resource centers, 80 Sub-Regional Centres, about 1500 study centers all over the country and more than twenty thousand tutors are conducting tutorial classes to supplements the learning. At present more than 1500 employees (Teachers, Officers & Staffs) are working in this institution. To run smoothly the institution this division has taken the necessary step to manage, co-ordinate and to control the employee to achieve the ultimate goal. The administrative division is committed to providing all necessary supports to develop the quality that society demands.

Responsibilities

1. Accelerate academic activities of the university throughout the country to reach its target group.
2. Formulation, Interpretation & execution of general policy and principles of all service matters.
3. To implement the decision taken by the Board of Governors, Academic Council & other statutory bodies formed under the Act of BOU.
4. To keep & preserve the service records of the employee.
5. To issue office order, office memorandum, notice, etc. by the approval of the authority.
6. To arrange the meeting of the statutory bodies and prepare their minutes and preserve the records.
7. To ensure the study leave of the teachers and officers.
8. To communicate with the ministry of education, UGC, local administration & other related organizations.
9. To ensure the security of the organizations.
10. To find out the necessary training areas and to make research and training schedules of the employee to develop the skilled manpower of the organizations.
11. To procure the necessary equipment and goods as per PPR-2008.
12. To ensure transport facilities for the employees.
13. To ensure medical facilities for the employees.

Future Plan:

1. To ensure academic support to the learners through establishing computer lab, library and audio-video programs so that a learner can take the facilities at his own place at any time at his own will.
2. To make an organogram of the university that will lead up to the year 2025.
3. To introduce e-governance within the administrative structure.

Officer's List:

Contact:

Dr. Md. Shafiqul Alam
Registrar
Bangladesh Open University
Board Bazar, Gazipur-1705, Bangladesh
Phone: 88-02-9291112, 09666730730 Ex.105
Fax: 88-02-9291130
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Website: www.bou.ac.bd