A section of students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal blocked a road in front of their college for about an hour on Thursday demanding an immediate solution to the crisis of teachers.
For the fourth consecutive day, they kept the college building locked on the day.
The aggrieved students also demanded return of the transferred teachers of community medicine, microbiology, pathology and other departments to their posts.
The hospital has been kept out the purview of the student protest.
Admitting the teacher crisis, the college principal, professor Md Faizul Bashar, said that the matter was discussed with the ministry.
Efforts are being made to solve the problem quickly, he added.
The students of the government medical college blocked the road crossing in front of their educational institution at 12:00pm on Thursday.
At that time, a huge number of vehicles crowded on both sides of the road, creating massive traffic congestion in the city that caused immense sufferings to passengers and transport workers.
The students on February 17 announced a complete shutdown during a protest programme in front of the college gate to resolve the teacher crisis.
On the same day, they locked the gate of the college and the administrative building.
The students alleged that they were currently facing major challenges due to shortage of the teachers in most of the departments including medicine, microbiology, pathology, physiology, CCU, gastroenterology department and even at Dental Unit.
According to the college authorities, out of total 334 posts for teachers ranging from the position of lecturer to professor, only 161 teachers are working currently while 173 posts have remained vacant.
Out of 50 positions of the professor, there are only six professors now, the college sources added.
The students also alleged that they were being deprived of quality classes and training for lack of teachers.
The college administration admitted that the microbiology examination suffered a bit due to the protest.
Arafat Rahman, a final-year student at the college, said that 250 students were enrolled in each batch while more than half of the posts of teachers were currently vacant severely that severely hindered education.
