A group of students from the English department in Chittagong University, vandalised the department office yesterday, demanding to be allowed to attend the second year final examination.
The agitating students were barred from sitting in the exam, as they could not obtain pass marks in the first year finals.
Earlier, 35 to 40 students of 2011-2012 session locked the exam halls from 10:30am to 1:30pm which resulted in postponing the scheduled examination, said department sources.
According to the sources, the second year final examination, course no -201 (Language-2), was scheduled to be held yesterday.
The students vandalised the windowpane, notice boards and flower pots on the second floor of the Arts and Humanities faculty building, said Officer-in-Charge of Hathazari Police Station Ismail Hossain.
Police and CU proctors’ body rushed to the spot and dispersed the demonstrating students around 11:45am, he added.
A total of 37 students, out of 87, had failed to obtain minimum pass mark in the first year final examination last year, but they demanded to sit for the second year final exam which is a violation of the university rules and regulations, said Professor Azmeri Ara, chairman of English department in CU.
CU Proctor Professor Siraj-ud-Dowla said they were looking into the matter and trying to find a way out of the deadlock.
