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Go back to classes

Nahid asks Buet students at meeting to end crisis; no decision yet on VC's removal

Staff Correspondent
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday assured agitating students of a friendly environment at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) and urged them to return to classes.
It would be ensured that students and teachers at Buet did not face any administrative harassment, he told newsmen after a meeting with students' representatives at his ministry.
The students, who sat with the minister over their one-point demand for the removal of Vice-Chancellor Prof Nazrul Islam and Pro-VC Prof Habibur Rahman, said they were convinced with the minister's assurance but would decide whether to return to their classes after a discussion
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with fellow students on the campus.
Ovipriyo Chakrabarti, a student of the civil engineering department, said the students and Nahid at the meeting talked about bringing back Buet's glory and heritage. They would convey the details of the discussion to other students and decide their next move, he added.
A 16-member team of protesting students, accompanied by two teachers, around 4:00pm went for talks with the minister a day after the students, who were not satisfied with the decision taken at Monday's meeting between Nahid and Buet teachers, wished to express their thoughts before Nahid.
Receiving assurances on Monday from Nahid of the
withdrawal of the pro-VC and the two cases filed against faculty members and students, Buet teachers decided to resume academic activities. But students wanted the removal of the VC too.
On April 7, Buet Teachers' Association launched an agitation, including work abstention, bringing 16 allegations of corruption against the VC and the pro-VC. But they suspended their agitation temporarily after the prime minister's assurances of fulfilling the demand.
Seeing no progress made on the issue, the teachers again announced non-stop work abstention from July 14. Students and staff of the university this time joined them.
After the three-hour-long
meeting with the students yesterday, Nahid said the government would remain alert and take all measures to ensure that they could stay on the campus safely and continue their education without any obstruction.
"We will take a firm position against any allegation of irregularities, like an alteration in results of some students, and will also take action against any kind of administrative irregularity."
The minister also said that to implement the decision reached at Monday's meeting, steps had been taken to withdraw the cases and the summary of the pro-VC had been sent to the highest level of the government for his removal.
The teachers' association, meanwhile, at a meeting at
noon said teachers would resume their academic activities only after the government implemented the decision fully.
"The implementation process has already started and we believe that a quick implementation of the decision is possible. We want the government's intervention in this,” Prof Ashraful Islam, general secretary of the association, told The Daily Star.
Nahid said, "Buet is an institution to be proud of. We want here education without any obstruction and so will take whatever measure it demands."
It would be a great loss if the students lost a single hour out of their life, he said. "Therefore, we request them to return to their classes."