CUET deadlock: UGC committee to visit Wednesday to hold talks with teachers, students

A six-member advisory committee formed by the University Grants Commission (UGC), headed by UGC member Prof Abdullah-Al-Mamun, will visit Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) on Wednesday to hold talks with teachers, students, officials and employees, according to a UGC press release. The committee was formed on October 19 after an education ministry letter of October 18. Classes, examinations and practical sessions have been suspended for over a month. The deadlock began when former vice-chancellor Prof Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem was removed on September 21 and Prof Sheikh Shariful Alam appointed in his place; students began a shutdown the following day, and teachers, officials and employees joined. Students wrote in an open letter that they want to return to classes but will continue protests until Sayem is reinstated, and warned of renewed protests if Shariful enters campus. The Teachers' Association said students were asked to return to class, with class start dates to be set by departments. Teachers and students questioned the committee, saying it has no CUET representative.

Where accounts differ. Banglavision and Suprobhat Bangladesh report that students announced a return to classes via open letter, while The Daily Star reports only that the committee will visit and that protests continue, with no mention of a return to class.

Suprobhat BangladeshBanglavisionThe Daily Star

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