The authorities of Rajshahi University revised the ward quota facility for the children and grandchildren of the university teachers, officials and employees for admission to undergraduate courses, amid protests from the students.
According to the revised decision, only children of Class-III and IV employees would get a 1 per cent quota for undergraduate admissions in the 2024-2025 academic year, said RU public relations office administrator professor Akhtar Hossain Mazumder.
He said that the decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the university鈥檚 admission committee held on Wednesday afternoon with vice-chancellor professor Saleh Hasan Naqib in the chair.
Under the quota facility, the son and daughter of Class-III and IV employees of the university will be allowed to enrol at the university for undergraduate courses if he or she secures the minimum pass marks (40 out of 100) in the admission tests.
Rejecting the university authorities鈥� revised decision, meanwhile, Salauddin Ammar, one of the RU coordinators of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, told 抖阴精品 that they would never accept any 鈥榙iscriminatory鈥� quota facility for the children of the university employees.
鈥楾here must be no quota facility for the children of any university teacher, official or employee for admission,鈥� he added, saying that the university may provide 鈥榚ducation allowances鈥� for university employees鈥� children, if it wants to.
Ammar also said that they would lock the university鈥檚 main academic building tomorrow as the university authorities failed to meet their demand.
Earlier on November 14, RU admission committee decided to cancel the quota facility for freedom fighters鈥� grandchildren, but retain the 5 per cent quota for their children for admission to undergraduate courses under the 2024-25 academic session.
They, however, decided to keep the 3 per cent ward quota for the children and grandchildren of the university teachers, officials and employees.
Protesting at the university authorities鈥� decision and demanding immediate cancellation of the ward quota, a group of students started a hunger-strike in front of the graveyard of professor Sayed Mohammad Shamsuzzoha on the same day.
The protesting students later postponed their hunger strike on the following day after the university top officials assured them of forming a committee to review the decision of retaining the ward quota for admission.