Ctg Nursing College closes indefinitely

Chittagong Nursing College has been closed sine die amid a mass demonstration of students who were protesting against a low pass rate seen in the results published on Monday afternoon.
The academic council made the announcement yesterday following the students' sit-in staged on the campus demanding review of the exam papers and resignation of the principal and a female teacher.
Being frustrated at the results of different batches which showed 117 out of 257 succeeded, students besieged the principal's office in the administrative building for about an hour on Monday.
Chandana Haldar, a third year student, having a bandage around her right wrist, yesterday alleged, "The results were far below our expectation. Some 12 students went to the principal to talk about the unexpected results. But the principal without giving any answer first bit me in my wrist and then two more students who came to my rescue."
Denying the allegation, the principal, Hosne Ara Begum, said, “They all are lying. In fact, the students pelted brickbats and sandals at me soon after the results were published and also broke the showcase's glass in the teachers' room. They perhaps had hurt themselves during the vandalism."
On information, police rushed to the spot and controlled the situation, said sources.
Abdul Khalek, another third year student, said the principal deliberately failed them as the students had been vocal against her irregularities and corruption, which were also reported by the media.
“Without attending our classes, the principal teaches in the nearby Divisional Continuing Education Centre to earn extra money,” he alleged, adding that they had only two classes in Gyenaecology and Epidemiology subjects in the academic session but had to attend examination of 200 marks.
The maximum number of students failed in those particular courses which were taught by the principal and the other female teacher, alleged the demonstrators.
About the allegations, Hosne Ara said it is the students who did not attend their practical classes regularly and two examiners had checked the answer sheets, so there was no scope for manipulating the results.
Last year, only 12 among 71 students passed the first year final exam while this year 31 out of 83 succeeded which indicates improvement, Hosne Ara said, adding that she had already applied for her LPR (leave preparatory to retirement) yesterday.
Prof Dr Selim Mohammad Jahangir, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Chittagong University, under which comes the college, said they also wanted more students to pass the exam and held the inadequate number of qualified teachers for the result bizarre.
But according to the CU ordinance, there is no scope for reviewing the results, he added.