DU teachers' strike
Md. Mynul Mamun, Dhaka
I fully agree with the views expressed by Wahid Choudhury in his letter "DU teachers' protest". The attack on Dr. Humayun Azad, one of the most outspoken writers in the contemporary Bangla literature, is considered a heinous way to stop the freedom of mind that the DU teachers are protesting from the very beginning to put an end to such activities. But the way they chose to protest the attack is questionable. Why DU students are expendable and the private university students, whom they continue to teach during the strike, are not is a big question. The answer is simple: in a private university no class means no pay. So the strike is not scratching the DU teachers' interests, rather it gives them enough time to do other jobs. There are very few DU teachers who come out on the streets to protest the attack. It is assumed that refraining from taking classes is protest enough from their side. Do the DU teachers think that they can bring any benefit to the nation by not taking classes? The result is that their students are the lone and ultimate sufferers of the strike. So I urge the DU teachers to think twice before continuing the strike any further.
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