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Bangla Foundation Course yet to begin

SURANJIT DEBNATH
Although 10 months have lapsed, the Bangla Foundation Course (FC)-1, compulsory for every first year student under the Faculty of Arts of Dhaka University (DU), has not yet begun because of a conflict among the teachers of the Bangla Department.
Around 1,500 students of 13 departments of DU are not certain if the course will commence without new teachers.
The problem arose a year ago with the promotion of three Bangla department teachers from Lecturer to Associate Professor and one joining the Institute of Modern Languages. The authorities have not yet filled in these vacancies.
"We suffer because of conflicts between the Chairman of the Bangla department Professor SM Lutfor Rahman and teachers," said an English department student.
"The authorities ignore the appointment of new teachers and classes cannot begin," said the Bangla department chairman.
Other courses started in the last week of April 2004 and are scheduled to end on March 10 this year. Examinations will begin March 27, according to the schedule for the 1st year students of the Arts Faculty.
"The problem lies with the attitude and understanding of teachers of Bangla department. With each other's cooperation and mutual understanding, classes in other department are going on even with a shortage of teachers," said Professor Sadrul Amin, Dean of the Arts Faculty.
"The course cannot be completed if classes begin at this moment," said Baitullahlah Kaderi, Associate Professor of Bangla Department who took FC-1 last year. He added that he could not take classes after his promotion because normally, lecturers take the FC-1 course.
"We are frustrated at the indifference of the authorities and the silence of teachers of the Bangla Department," said Pronab Hawlader, a 1st year student of Sanskrit and Pali department.
Dean Amin blamed the Bangla department of not informing the
authorities of the situation and said that the students had brought this to his knowledge two months ago.
"I will immediately take up the matter with the chairmen of all departments under Arts Faculty and solve this problem," he told the Daily Star, adding that he had already recommended to the Pro-Vice Chancellor the need of new teachers for the Bangla department.
Denying an internal conflict in the department, Professor SM Lutfar Rahman, its chairman told the Daily Star that classes have not yet started according to a decision of academic committee, but he said that it was impossible to take classes without appointing new teachers.
The Academic committee held four meetings but failed to solve the problem. Finally in a meeting on January
28, it decided that classes would start on February 15 with the help of six Bangla Department teachers.
"Classes are already hampered with hartals and strikes and now we are facing another big problem, a conflict among teachers," Masiur Rahman, a 1st year student of Library Science and Information Management Department.
"Our academic life is uncertain. The FC-1 classes are yet to begin," said Alamgir Kabir, a first year student of the Bangla Department.
"Even though there is a shortage of teachers, classes of the FC-2 English course are going on in full swing," said Kabir.