Taming campus-based student politics!
Taking into account – the global standard in higher education aiming to meet 21st century needs – it is for sure that the quality and status of higher education in Bangladesh are gradually declining. The existing higher education curriculum in the country is only a tool for creating unemployed graduates who are not in tune with the industrial needs. Moreover, in the name of student politics, anarchy and chaos on campus are constantly affecting the higher education environment of the country.
There is no scope for so-called student politics in any public or private educational institutions in the developed world, and no student organizations for politics function there. Although university campus-centered student politics may be a personal democratic choice of many, its institutionalization is not inevitable for the total welfare of education, the country, and the mass people.
To build a self-reliant Bangladesh rich in knowledge, science, technology, and research – the so-called student politics must be banned in the learning seats.
Nazifa Nawarah
Sadar Rangpur
Ensure women’s safety
In our patriarchal society, women are constantly being harassed in one way or another. They are being harassed everywhere from roads to public transport, educational institutions, employment, bus terminals and train stations. They are at risk of child marriage.
In TV, newspaper and social media, it is seen that every day girls are victim to rape and other abuses. As a result, the girls and their family all suffer from uncertainty about the safety. Our society is still burdened with uneducated, unemployed women. As a result, the country’s GDP development will be hampered. No nation can achieve anything only depending on men. So men and women must work together and for that, women need social and state security.
Md. Tofayel Ahmed
Student, Dhaka College
How clean Bangladesh is?
This question is on everyone’s mind, particularly people who want to see a much greener Bangladesh. Empty packets, cigarette butts, cans and bottles are seen on the roads; this has become a common scenario. The government can take an initiative for effective recycling and place more bins along the roads and footpaths from where the bin truck would collect the wastes and take it for recycling.
During Eid ul-Azha, we sacrifice animals and there is a lot of waste which should not be heaped on the road sides. It might be a good idea if there is a slaughterhouse in every area so that animals could be sacrificed there and the wastes would not be strewn all over the area, which makes it difficult for cleaning. There are slaughterhouses in many countries, including Saudi Arabia. Our government should open slaughterhouses to make things convenient for people and to keep our country clean.
Bushra Tamanna Noor
Dhaka
