Savar college students take to the streets
Deprived of government facilities even after one year of nationalisation of the institution, students of Savar Government University College yesterday took to the streets in protest.
Many students boycotted classes and exams and blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway near the college. They demonstrated there for around an hour disrupting traffic, said police.
Earlier, agitating students formed a human chain on campus demanding all government facilities be enforced at the institution, campus sources said.
Sohel Rana, a coordinator of the protest, told The Daily Star that the government nationalised at least 298 colleges including theirs last year. “But we are yet to get any government facilities.”
Emon Hassan Rony, a first year student, said currently a student has to pay a monthly tuition fee of Tk 750, which is supposed to be Tk 30.
Rana threatened tougher movement with similar colleges across the country, if their demand is not met by June.
Around 2pm, students withdrew the blockade after college authorities assured them of raising the demand to the Ministry of Education, said Abul Hossen, traffic inspector in Savar.
Students waged a movement last week on campus too, said acting principal Prof Abdul Halim. “We had told them at the time that all 298 colleges would be brought under the facilities together.” He said they have already informed the higher authorities of the situation.
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