Gazipur Correspondent :
The Cleanliness Week was inaugurated at Gazipur Campus of Bangladesh Open University on Monday.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Syed Humayun Akhtar inaugurated the programme by cleaning the Sheikh Russell Square in BOU at 11.00 am. “Everyone has a sacred responsibility to keep their workplace clean and tidy,” he said. He also instructed to refrain from putting up unwanted posters and banners on campus. Dr. Humayun urged everyone to be aware that dengue mosquitoes are not born in any way in the rainy season. From now on, on the last Monday of every month, regular cleaning activities will continue at BOU Campus, all regional and sub-regional centers, he added.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Prof. Dr. Nasim Banu, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) Prof. Dr. Mahbuba Nasreen, Treasurer Professor Mostafa Azad Kamal and Registrar Dr. Shafiqul Alam, Deans, Directors, department heads, branch heads, teachers, officers and staff of different schools were present at the time.
Earlier, a colorful rally of more than three hundred teachers, officials and employees started from the front of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office and ended at Sheikh Russell Square at the corner of the library and park. More than half a hundred cleaners wearing placards, caps and earplugs with various slogans also took part in the rally. In addition, all the regional and sub-regional centers of BOU celebrated Clean Cleanup Week simultaneously. After that, as per the instructions of the authorities, from 12.00 noon to 1.00 pm, all the schools and divisions took part in cleaning their offices and premises.
