Lets just make the most of the situation.
We have to work with what we have got.
Lets be patient and hope for the best.
There is a context and rationale for these things.
Oh how thoughtful and considerate of me.
Justice should take a flamethrower to our politics..
and to Deshi style thoughtful and considerate thinkers...
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *College admission in a shambles
> *
> BCL men desperate for 'political quota', make a mint out of admission
>
>
>
> A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders are doing trade over college
> admissions by forcing the authorities to get candidates of their choice
> enrolled. Many leaders of BCL, student body associated with the ruling Awami
> League, have already taken huge sums from admission seekers, promising them
> enrolment, said college sources.(The Daily Star).
>
> http://www.amardeshonline.com/img/news/P1_tsc-te-satrodoler-misile.jpg
>
> Lately, the authorities of several colleges in the capital and outside had
> to stop the admission process for rowdy demonstrations by Chhatra League
> activists incensed at not getting their so-called political quota.
>
> BCL men would not let the admission to honours first year under National
> University go on unless the authorities agree to take in their candidates,
> added the sources.
>
> In pursuing their interests, they are violating admission rules at will.
>
> The admission process at Dhaka College has remained stalled for last three
> days with the ruling party's student leaders holding tenaciously to their
> demand for "special quota".
>
> In many educational institutions, academic activities have been disrupted
> due to fights between BCL factions seeking to establish dominance on the
> campuses to edge ahead in admission trade.
>
> In Kushtia Government College, Chhatra League activists yesterday stopped
> admissions to first-year honours. They have asked the college body to reach
> an understanding with them to go ahead with the admission process, reports
> our Kushtia correspondent.
>
> Rival BCL groups clashed at Kabi Nazrul College in the capital on January 28
> and in Comilla Victoria College on January 29 over admission trade.
>
> Admission situation remains chaotic also at Titumir, Eden, Badrunnessa and
> Mirpur Bangla colleges in the city and many reputable institutions elsewhere
> in the country. BCL leaders are pressurising the authorities of these
> colleges to take in students who are not on merit lists, sources said.
>
> Viva voce of first year students at the Dhaka College was suspended after
> BCL leaders drove admission seekers out of the campus and insulted some
> teachers on Saturday.
>
> They also vandalised vehicles and put barricades on Mirpur road the next
> day.
>
> Sources said the Dhaka College BCL unit president and general secretary held
> talks with the principal and other teachers in the evening to reach a
> compromise.
>
> BCL leaders charge an admission seeker Tk 10,000 to 50,000 depending on the
> subject the student desires to study.
>
> They charge Tk 40,000 to 50,000 for subjects like Accounting and Management,
> Tk 30,000 for English or Sociology and Tk 10,000 to Tk 25,000 for other
> subjects, the sources said.
>
> "Some Chhatra League leaders asked me to give them Tk 15,000 for studying my
> desired subject at Dhaka College. I struck a bargain with them for Tk
> 10,000," said an admission seeker wishing anonymity.
>
> BCL leaders get students admitted to the college in negotiation with some
> teachers. A few students do not appear at the viva voce leaving the seats
> vacant every year. Later, students chosen by the BCL leaders fill those
> seats, the sources said.
>
> But the NU this year adopted a new policy for admission to honours courses
> to prevent the malpractice. As per the new rules, the NU will publish
> results according to the seat capacity of a college without any waiting
> list.
>
> If any seat remains vacant, the NU will send a list of candidates to the
> college concerned to fill it.
>
> Our Kushtia correspondent reports: The authority of Kushtia Government
> College on Thursday published results of the admission test for honours
> courses in 18 subjects. Viva voce of the candidates on merit lists was to
> begin on Saturday as per an announcement.
>
> BCL activists and some outsiders led by BCL college unit general secretary
> Al-Mamun entered the principal's room at about 1:30pm yesterday and asked
> him to keep at least 100 seats for their chosen students.
>
> Principal Prof Hasanuzzaman refused to meet their demand. Later, the BCL
> cadres locked up rooms of several departments and the accounts section to
> stop sale of admission forms.
>
> Policemen were deployed on the college campus to avert any untoward
> incident.
>
> BCL college unit president Enamul Bari Sumon and general secretary Abdullah
> Al-Mamun told The Daily Star that a few teachers loyal to the BNP-Jamaat
> alliance manipulated the admission test to deprive some meritorious students
> of the opportunity of studying in the college and they protested it.
>
> "If the college authorities want to resume the admission process, they have
> to meet our demand," they said.
>
> Awami League Presidium member Obaidul Quader told The Daily Star that the
> leaders allegedly involved in the admission trade should be treated as
> offenders, not party activists.
>
> "Since warning is not working, stern actions must be taken against them.
> They are tarnishing the image of the government and should be expelled
> immediately from the party," said the AL leader.
>
> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=124485
>
> http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2010-02-02&ni=7333
>
> http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=44576&pub_no=237
>
> http://jugantor.info/enews/issue/2010/02/02/news0288.php
>
> http://jugantor.info/enews/issue/2010/02/02/news0299.php
>
> http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-02-02/news/39460<http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=303240>
>
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