Students want renaming of degree

Students of three departments of Maolana Bhasani University of Science and Technology (MBUST) continued agitation demanding BSc Engineering degree in place of BSc Honours degree.
Around 250 students of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (BGE) Department of the university formed a human chain on the campus yesterday morning.
Later, they held a press conference at Tangail Press Club where Mohammad Naimuddin, a fourth year second semester student of the department, read out their demand.
Biswajit Chandra De, another student of the BGE department, told the journalists that they are lagging behind in the race for jobs due to lack of BSc Engineering degree despite having higher education in the same subject.
“We have been boycotting our all classes and examinations since July 20 last. We also have submitted a memorandum to the university authorities to press our demand”, he said.
Although a meeting was held between the teachers and students of the department on July 24 but it ended without any decision, he added.
Pro-vice chancellor Prof Moniruzzaman, proctor Omar Faruque and the department teachers held a meeting in face of agitation by the students of the Food Technology and Nutritional Science (FTNS) Department on July 17, campus sources said.
As the university authorities did not give any specific timeframe to meet the demand, the students of the FTNS department continued their movement including boycott of classes.
In this situation, the university authorities on July 18 banned all kinds of programmes like procession, rally and human chain on the campus.
Later on July 19, the pro vice-chancellor, the registrar and the proctor held a meeting with the teachers and students of the department again and assured the agitators of meeting the demand.
The students of Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) Department also held a view exchange meeting with the teachers of the department and submitted a memorandum containing the same demand to the university authorities on July 24.