Home Economics students boycott classes, exams
Students of the Home Economics College yesterday boycotted their classes and examinations protesting hike in their admission fee.
The agitating students said they did not participate in any of their classes and examinations and demonstrated on the college compound in the city since morning demanding cancellation of the increased fee and enrolling the college as a separate faculty of Dhaka University.
Earlier on Saturday, the agitating students put up a barricade on the road in front of the college for three hours.
They alleged that the admission fee has been increased by Tk 505 this year and the authorities have introduced some 'unacceptable' fees, including medical fee and charges for paying the salaries of the college night guards and peons. Students said the college does not have any kind of medical facilities.
The agitating students threatened that they would not go back to their classes and examinations until their demands are met.
College Principal Prof Laila Arjumand Banu told The Daily Star that the fee was increased following government instructions.
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