Education Ministry Forms Probe Body to Recover JnU Halls

Probe body formed to recover JnU halls

Ministry of Education formed an 8-member high powered probe committee headed by local MP- Kazi Firoz Rashid to recover the Jagannath University (JnU) halls.

In the face of month-long protest from the university students and teachers, the ministry formed the committee at an emergency meeting presided over by Education Minster Nurul Islam Nahid at the secretariat on the day.

Other members of the committee are: Additional secretary of Ministry of Education, additional secretary of the home ministry, joint secretary of the home ministry, Dhaka deputy commissioner, president and secretary of the JnU Teachers' Association and treasurer of the university.

শিক্ষা সংক্রান্ত খবরাখবর নিয়মিত পেতে রেজিস্ট্রেশন করুন অথবা Log In করুন।

Account BenefitThe committee was asked to submit its report containing details about the recovery of the allegedly occupied halls of the university by 30 days. The committee was also asked to provide necessary recommendations regarding the issue.

Yasin Ahmed, a master's student of the university said the agitating students and teachers under the banner of "Hall Uddhar Sangram Parishad" blocked the Royshaheb Bazar intersection in the capital for one and a half-hours from 11:30 am on 4th March 2014, that created severe tailback on the link roads.
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