Staff Reporter :
The students of National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (NITER) have been continuing their agitation for 29 consecutive days, with call to meet their seven-point demand including resumption of the classes and examinations.
The students said that the NITER authorities closed the institution for indefinite period in view of students’ agitation against disparities.
As a result, all the academic activities of the institution have been suffering tremendously, which might breed session jam and other complexities.Their other demands are resignation of its Registrar Kazi Andalib Amin for threatening the students and their guardians, reduction of tuition fees and increase of facilities, punishment to those who were tarnishing the image of the institution, authorities’ assurance not to dishonour any student for personal interest and to stop harassment of students by police.
Rifat Jahin, a 3rd year student of Industrial and Production Engineering Department, said, a teacher of Physics Department declared four students disqualified in a semester intentionally. In the meantime the students learnt the real fact and requested the authorities to give them pass marks. But they rejected the students’ demand saying that they have no authority to change the marks as it is now under Dhaka University’s supervision.
The students started their agitation to press home their demand since April 7. They also boycotted the classes and the examinations from April 11.
The agitation was aggravated when the authorities threatened the students and their guardians. Ultimately finding no way, the authorities declared the institution closed for indefinite period on April 29.
Registrar Kazi Andalib Amin said, they took the examinations under the supervision of Dhaka University,. “We have no power to change or publish the results. So, there is no solution in our hands. If the students want to change the result, we have asked them to go to Dhaka University.
A student of the institution wishing anonymity told The New Nation yesterday that they were planning to submit a memorandum to the Dhaka University authorities to resolve the crisis as early as possible.
He also blamed the NITER auorities to make the issue complex. “Actually they are playing with the students’ life. They want just money,” he said.
