Students vow to resist HSC examinations

The Sarbodolio Chhatra Oikkyo, a body of students belonging to all parties, yesterday announced that it will resist holding of the upcoming H.S.C examination if its demand for setting up of Rangpur Education Board is not met by April 10.

Addressing a rally at the Zero Point in the town, its leaders also announced an agitation programme to press the demand.

It includes class boycott at all educational

institutions in Rangpur on April 24, token hunger

strike on April 25, 'mass demonstration' on April 26 and

48-hour hartal in the town on April 27 and 28.

Students also blocked the main road at the Zero Point for some hours yesterday.

Besides leaders of the Sarbodolio Chhatra Oikkyo, the rally was also addressed by, among others, president of Rangpur Shikka Board Bastobayon Committee (committee to realise Shikka Board) advocate Gazi Rahman and president

of Rangpur Bar Council advocate Shamshuzzaman.

Hundreds of students from different educational institutions in the town attended the demonstration and the rally.

They said the districts in the northern region of the country need a separate education board for conducting examinations more smoothly, which will contribute to development of education.

This government says they want development of the education sector. Now, they have to prove their words by setting up Rangpur education board, they said. Otherwise, tougher action programmes will follow, they said.

They called upon the students and people of all the northern districts to observe the programmes to realise the demand.