JU students renew demand for teacher's suspension
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Jahangirnagar University (JU) students staged demonstrations, renewing their demands for suspension of a teacher for alleged sexual harassment, as an earlier deadline given by the students came to an end Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.
They thronged the university's roads by bringing out demonstrations from every dormitory, as announced in an earlier protest programme, and marched towards the administrative building around 9.30 am.
The demonstrators gathered for about an hour in front of the building, and held another meeting in the Arts Building around midday.
JU registrar Abu Bakar Siddique and proctor Mafruhi Sattar spoke to the students and assured them that their demands would be met "within the shortest possible time".
On July 29, the university authorities held a special syndicate meeting to discuss the long-time demand of students for regulations to be enforced against sexual harassment as well as their calls to have a teacher suspended for alleged sexual harassment.
As the meeting concluded without any decision, students laid siege to the vice chancellor and other syndicate members in the university's administrative building overnight by barring all the gates.
Students freed the staff and syndicate members next day, giving the deadline of Aug 5 to implement the regulations and suspend the accused teacher.
Chhatra Union president SM Shubho, leader of the protesting students, told bdnews24.com Tuesday "We have held demonstrations today and will announce our next moves later".
They thronged the university's roads by bringing out demonstrations from every dormitory, as announced in an earlier protest programme, and marched towards the administrative building around 9.30 am.
The demonstrators gathered for about an hour in front of the building, and held another meeting in the Arts Building around midday.
JU registrar Abu Bakar Siddique and proctor Mafruhi Sattar spoke to the students and assured them that their demands would be met "within the shortest possible time".
On July 29, the university authorities held a special syndicate meeting to discuss the long-time demand of students for regulations to be enforced against sexual harassment as well as their calls to have a teacher suspended for alleged sexual harassment.
As the meeting concluded without any decision, students laid siege to the vice chancellor and other syndicate members in the university's administrative building overnight by barring all the gates.
Students freed the staff and syndicate members next day, giving the deadline of Aug 5 to implement the regulations and suspend the accused teacher.
Chhatra Union president SM Shubho, leader of the protesting students, told bdnews24.com Tuesday "We have held demonstrations today and will announce our next moves later".