End to SUST crisis not in sight
Rally, march in city for starting first year classes
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet.
Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology yesterday brought out a procession and held a rally in the city as part of their agitation for starting first year classes. Classes can not be started as teachers are on strike, demanding recruitment of more teachers. The students gathered at the Shahid Minar in the city and brought out a procession from there at about 11-30 AM. They later held a brief rally in the Court Point area. Azizur Rahman Khan conducted the meeting while Hridoy Ayub and Al Amin Hossain spoke. The speakers announced that a 'students-people mass rally' would be held at the main gate of the varsity at 11 AM tomorrow to realise the demand. Meanwhile, a meeting of the SUST Syndicate, which was scheduled at 11 am yesterday, was deferred. However, an official said the Acting Vice Chancellor (VC) held a meeting with Deans and departmental heads yesterday morning and discussed ways to resolve the crisis. But, nothing fruitful was achieved, he said. The Acting VC is scheduled to hold a meeting with all teachers at 11 AM today to find out a way to start classes. In the prevailing situation, there is apprehension that the Academic Council meeting, scheduled to begin at 11 AM today, may not be held, sources said. On the other hand, Shahjalal University Teachers Association also called a general meeting of teachers at 11 AM today at the university auditorium.
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