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Vow to stop stalking

Education Day observed

Staff Correspondent
Thousands of students, teachers, guardians and many others vowed to resist stalking on the Education Day observed across the country yesterday.
With banners and festoons inscribed with slogans against stalking, they took to the streets of the capital and elsewhere to raise awareness of the social menace among people. Celebrities and activists of different social and human rights organisations also took part in the programmes.
The education ministry organised the anti-stalking programmes while observing the day.
In the capital, the ministry brought out a procession led by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid from Muktangon, which ended at the Central Shaheed Minar after parading different streets. Students and teachers of over a hundred institutions of the city participated in the programme.
Recently, a few incidents of suicide have caused concern to
the parents of school- and college-going girls.
A meeting was held at the Shaheed Minar. At the meeting, the education minister called upon all to raise their voice and wage a social movement against the nuisance.
Branding stalkers as criminals, he said people from every part of the society must come forward to ensure a congenial atmosphere at institutions and working places for female students and working women.
Cautioning the pestering elements he said, "We will not spare them anymore".
Reiterating his earlier comment on enacting a law, Nahid said it is imperative to launch a social movement besides taking legal measures against the criminals.
Students also have a major role in building a friendly atmosphere at their educational institutions, he added.
He also said moral education has been given due emphasis in the recently approved National Education Policy, which, he believes, would help instil ethical principles in students.
The minister said the issue of ethics will also be incorporated in the teachers training courses, and every educational institution will form a committee to address the threat to girls.
"We will ensure safety of the girls at the academic institutions," he added.
Describing the young generation as the main driving force for building a modern and prosperous country Nahid said, moral education is necessary to make them good people and good citizens of the country.
He urged girls to inform their guardians and the administration about any incident of harassment they face so that the issues can be handled with due attention.
The education minister conducted the oath taking ceremony.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, Pro-VC Prof Harun-or-Rashid, Education Secretary Syed Ataur Rahman and Campaign for Popular Education Executive Director Rasheda K Choudhury, among others, attended the programme to express their solidarity.