No preferential treatment for Titumir College: Wahiduddin

NN Online:

Education Adviser Professor Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud said there is no scope for giving special privileges to Titumir College and the demand to upgrade Titumir College into a university within the students’ given deadline is not logical.

“Instead, I believe that Rajshahi College should be upgraded to a university, as it is the oldest college in Bangladesh,” he said this while talking to reporters after the ECNEC meeting on Sunday.

The education adviser said many students of Titumir College want to return to their classes and do not support public suffering. He urged students to consider the inconvenience caused to the public during their demonstrations.

He said, “Neither the seven affiliated colleges nor Dhaka University prefer their current association. As a result, steps have been taken to establish a separate university for the seven colleges, with a dedicated committee working on the matter. However, setting a fixed deadline for fulfilling this demand is not desirable.”

The students of Titumir College have been staging demonstrations by blocking roads for the last several days demanding their college to be turned into a university, causing traffic chaos at Mohakhali and adjacent areas and public suffering.