Readers’ Voice

Tejgaon College should follow its ‘humanitarian’ tradition

Tejgaon College at Farmgate, Dhaka under stewardship of late Principal Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury (Founder Principal) actually started its journey of development and reached a remarkable height of progress during his tenure and after his retirement principal Abdur Rashid took the stewardship and did his best to keep the phase of development running.

After him the captainship of the college came to the present principal Dr. Harunur Rashid who is also doing his best to run the college well, as smoothly as possible under all odd circumstances.

The college is now recognized as one of the highest seats of higher education in Bangladesh. The student enrolment always remains between 25,000 and 30,000. The college never faces any student-problem in spite of such a big number of students within a very small campus.

There is no filthy student politics in the campus. The nvironment of the college remains always calm and quiet, safe and sound. One of the most highly appreciable task that the late Principal Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury had done for the college was to give all types of facilities to the teaching and non-teaching staff and also to extend his sympathy and support to the welfare of the families of the members of staff serving under him.

He would exercise his liberty and discretion to appoint any one as teaching and non-teaching staff whom he thought necessary. By exercising his discretion he appointed a large number of non-teaching staff from his kith and kin particularly from his own belt. These recruits were always dedicated towards him as his security staff.

By doing so he did not do any wrong. He did it only on humanitarian consideration. This good tradition was introduced and established by late Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury and left it to the college to be followed by next principals.

After assumption of responsibility as a principal Professor Abdur Rashid following foot-steps of Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury did the same and appointed many of teaching and non- teaching staff whom he considered necessary.

If the present principal Dr. Harunur Rashid does also the same it is quite justifiable and there is no exaggeration. The strong point here is ‘the humanitarian ground’. There cannot be any point against this. The only thing is to be seen that this humanitarian ground is not applied to only those who belong to a particular geographical locality. Others should not be totally deprived of it. It is to be remembered that humanitarian ground is a universal term and it has no geographical border.

Prof. Sadeq Sonar
Ex-Chairman, Department of Management
Tejgaon College, Dhaka.