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Academic calendar goes haywire

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Students and guardians are sceptical about the fate of the academic calendar, as there is no sign of an end to the indefinite strike in the educational institutions already struggling to make up for the lost time because of the devastating floods.
Educational institutions including universities, colleges and schools have remained closed for over a week due to a student strike enforced by main opposition Awami League's (AL) student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
The indefinite students' strike comes hard on the heels of the devastating floods that forced many institutions to shut for about a month.
A guardian told The Daily Star yesterday the educational institutions have been reeling under the deluge-induced academic and financial losses.
The BCL clamped the indefinite strike on the institutions to press the demand for an international probe into the August 21 grenade attack on an AL rally and resignation of the BNP-led coalition government.
The grenade attack on the AL rally on Bangabandhu Avenue killed 19 people and injured about 200 others. Leader of the Opposition and AL President Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped the apparent attempt on her life.
Asked how long the strike will last, BCL President Liakat Sidker said they would continue with the strike until their demands are met. He added the BCL did not impose the strike on the students, rather the student community responded spontaneously to its call. "Students would have called the strike had the BCL not called it," he claimed.
Authorities of some elementary
schools in Mohammadpur and Lalmatia in Dhaka have received bomb threats after they tried to reopen them.
The guardians are getting increasingly concerned at the unscheduled closure and the fallout it would have on their wards. "How long will this terrible situation continue? We can't say for sure when our children will be back to school. It's so frustrating," a parent fumed.
A headmaster of a school, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "We understand the (academic) loss... but we can't run the school during the strike hours as the safety and security of the students is our prime concern."
Officials at the education ministry earlier said the time lost because of the severe flooding would be recovered by holding classes during the month of Ramadan when most educational institutions remain closed.