Move to ban student politics
ZabedWali, Pahartali, Chittagong
Although the students played a momentous role during the critical times--for example during the Language Movement of 1952 and the Six-point Movement of the sixties--they failed to live up to the expectation of the countrymen in the post-1971 period. Instead of giving voice to the conscience of the people, the politically inclined students started to toe the line of their respective parties. This type of politics, pursued with a motive of greed and self-aggrandizement, often gave rise to chaotic situations on the campus that hampered the normal academic activities of the universities. Armed clashes, harassment of general students, unscheduled closure of the seats of learning--all these became common phenomena of our public universities. Needless to say, it is the general students that suffered because of the activities of a handful of so-called student leaders.In this connection, we should also take into account the role-played by some teachers who did not feel any qualms to indulge in a type of politics marked by a degree of opportunism, devoid of an iota of decency and etiquette. No wonder, the political activities of the students and the teachers resulted in a decline of the standard of education, and the general students got stuck in session-jams. Finally, we appreciate the government move regarding the ban on student politics.
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