Students rallied and formed human chains in parts of the country on Monday demanding reopening of their educational institutions, closed for the pandemic, immediately, reports UNB.
The government shut down educational institutions on March 17 last year for the safety of the students as Covid-19 virus struck the country.
On Monday, many students took to the streets as the government has announced another week of lockdown with easing much of the curbs on public transportation and movement.
A human chain protest under the banner of "General Students" was held in front of the National Press Club in the city on Monday.
The protesters said they are getting increasingly frustrated and worried about session jams as schools, colleges and universities remained shut for more than 14 months.
Similar protests were organised in different places of the country including, Jahangirnagar University, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet Shahid Minar, Thakurgaon town , Rajshahi, Bogura town , Tangail Shaheed Minar and Haji Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University in Dinajpur.
The protesters said the decision to keep everything except the educational institution open does not make any sense and urged the policymakers to consider students' future.
They were also against online exams and classes as they stated that the benefits of online education failed to reach most of the students due to the digital divide.
The students also said many of them are going through clinical depression because of the status quo by pointing out how suicide rate has increased among the students of public universities during the pandemic.
They said they are willing to return to residential halls of their respective universities following vaccination and urged the concerned authorities to make a decision accordingly.
The students warned of more protests to press for their demand.
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