Dhaka, March 6 -- Joynal Abedin, BU Correspondent :

Twenty-five departments at the university are currently operating with only 32 percent of the required teaching staff. A total of 210 teachers have been appointed to serve approximately 10,000 students. Among them, 54 are on study leave, leaving only 156 teachers actively engaged in teaching across 156 batch programs.

As a result, session congestion has worsened in many departments, significantly hindering academic mobility and increasing frustration among students.

According to the registrar's office, the organogram requires 493 teachers, while the University Grants Commission (UGC) has sanctioned only 266, which is 54 percent of the required number. As of December 22 last year, 210 te...