Higher edn of sacked jute workers' children now uncertain
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
About a hundred children of the retrenched workers of People's Jute Mills and Platinum Jute Mills could not get themselves admitted to any college here for want of money. The National Relief Committee financially helped only 66 children of workers of Peoples Jute Mills for their admission to three colleges on July 23. The colleges are Haji Mohsin College, Bhasani Vidyapith, Polytechnic Institute and Daulatpur Day-Night College situated in Khalishpur and Daulatpur. When asked, the college authorities expressed their inability to arrange any more seats for the poor students. Over 200 students passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations this year from high schools run by the authorities of People's, Crescent and Platinum jute mills. On contact, the acting principal of Haji Mohsin College told this correspondent that he had appealed to the authorities of Jessore education board to arrange more seats in science and arts groups. 'But I am yet to get any positive response from the authorities concerned', the acting principal said. Similar situation prevails in other colleges also, he said. Meanwhile, the publicity secretary of Patkal Sangram Parishad (PSP) alleged that the authorities of People's Jute Mills are pressing the workers to vacate old and new colonies.
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