Surprised aren’t you? Well, I’m not; throughout history Bengalis were always known for tolerance and now we’re about to see it on a grand scale.
In Chittagong, a USD $100 million university spanning about 100+ acres is currently being built for women of Asia. For the enrollment 25% of the seats will be reserved for women from Bangladesh and the rest of the 75% seats will be for women from all over Asia. Women from other parts of Asia such Pakistan, India, Malaysia, China, Afghanistan and part of the Middle-east will have the opportunities to get superior quality education from international teachers.
Over 36 years of anger and hatred between majority of Bangladeshis and Pakistanis existed; and it was always because of men who brought about this problem. Now we will see how Bangladeshi and Pakistani women will co-exist as they sit next each other to get great international-standard education to better their lives. Perhaps our Bangladeshi and Pakistani women will insh’Allah totally heal the wounds of the past permanently between the two brotherly Muslim nations.
Asian University for Women (AUW)
The university targets women of underprivileged backgrounds, such as women of the rural areas. And the enrollees will go through a preparatory program called, Access Academy, which will help the women prepare for the English medium courses of the university. On April 2008, which is several months ago, the university commenced their first 130 students; their maximum capacity will be 3,000 students per year.
The university’s dormitory will be totally secured with international standard security all around. To ensure total success and fight corruption Transparency International, an international anti-corruption watchdog, will be constantly monitoring the university activities.
AUW Master Plan
Currently the massive, state-of-the-art-university is being built, but in the mean time the recruited students are taking their courses nearby off-campus modernized buildings till the campus is titally complete.
Some of the Asian University for Women Teachers
History is Repeating Itself Folks
Before the British, the Bengal used to be one of the most richest and tolerant regions in the world which had cultures, religions, and trade from all over the world flourishing; the Mughals always kept a stronghold of the Bengal for her significance and now we’re about to see history repeating itself. The international community chose to build AUW in Bangladesh because of the location and because of the history of different people coming together there.