A section of teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) began an indefinite work abstention from Saturday, for the third time in six months as part of their ongoing movement demanding removal of the vice-chancellor.
The boycott of classes and examinations by the protesting teachers, under the banner of General Teachers’ Forum, comes at a time when most JU departments and institutions are busy preparing for year-end and semester finals.
Source said the forum, which consists of teachers from both pro-Awami League and pro-BNP groups, launched its latest protest as a probe committee did not publish an investigation report against VC Anwar Hossain on time.
Following the confinement of the VC at his office for three days from August 22-24, the education minister convinced the agitating teachers to suspend their protest for 15 working days by forming a two-member investigation team to probe allegations against Anwar Hossain of working against the university’s interest.
The probe report was supposed to be submitted by September 24. But the team extended the probe time until today for the sake of proper investigation, and the report is expected to be published tomorrow.
Hanif Ali, convener of teachers’ forum, told the Dhaka Tribune that they started the latest strike as the probe body did not publish the investigation report on Tuesday as originally scheduled.
