Campus politics to be banned for good.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by layperson
ami nijei Student Leader....

Kothakar? I'll be interested to know.

BTW...ekhon deshe giya tomar bhaat nai. Law change hoye gese...choose some different profession :p

[layperson]

Originally Posted by Kabir
Kothakar? I'll be interested to know.

BTW...ekhon deshe giya tomar bhaat nai. Law change hoye gese...choose some different profession :p

DU er abar kothakar :p.... amar bhat je politics er upor dependent nah bhai.... scenario change hoileo ami thik e thakbo ...bollam nah ami nijer one man army ....:p

[PoorFan]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
After reading the entire report I am high lighting some stuff and would comment on those:

"When asked to comment on the move, former president of Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and also a leader of pro-Awami League teachers' body Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique said the politics of students and teachers should be de-linked from partisan politics."

and

"Present DUTA President and also a leader of pro-BNP teachers' body Prof Sadrul Amin said they are not directly involved with the politics of any political party although they have the right to be so. "No teachers should be involved in sycophantic politics and student politics should be de-linked from partisan politics," he said."

Chor'er ma'r boro gola.

Both BAL & BNP teachers comments are quite tricky!!

"the politics of students and teachers should be de-linked from partisan politics."

That means they are willing to have lawfully right to practice 'Individual' political activity in campus. Means no way you can define which and when to call a political activity in campus as 'partisan' or 'individual'. And also which and when to call it 'linked' or 'non linked' with any political party.

"No teachers should be involved in sycophantic politics and student politics should be de-linked from partisan politics,"

This one is even worse and shameless! he is trying to protect teachers 'partisan' politics in campus, and student politics alive in campus saying 'individual' activity! Both of their comment is full of trap to making the initiative non functional or ineffective.

Students, parents and current govt. should stick to the plan to permanent ban on student politics by implementing University / college law or ministry of education law. Since public universities and colleges are govt. organization, students and teachers should not be allowed to practice politics ( whether it's partisan or not ) just as same as so many other public offices.

[Sumon77]

Originally Posted by PoorFan
Both BAL & BNP teachers comments are quite tricky!!

"the politics of students and teachers should be de-linked from partisan politics."

That means they are willing to have lawfully right to practice 'Individual' political activity in campus. Means no way you can define which and when to call a political activity in campus as 'partisan' or 'individual'. And also which and when to call it 'linked' or 'non linked' with any political party.

"No teachers should be involved in sycophantic politics and student politics should be de-linked from partisan politics,"

This one is even worse and shameless! he is trying to protect teachers 'partisan' politics in campus, and student politics alive in campus saying 'individual' activity! Both of their comment is full of trap to making the initiative non functional or ineffective.

Students, parents and current govt. should stick to the plan to permanent ban on student politics by implementing University / college law or ministry of education law. Since public universities and colleges are govt. organization, students and teachers should not be allowed to practice politics ( whether it's partisan or not ) just as same as so many other public offices.

perfectly said. no option should be given to these crooked people. total ban on student and teachers politics will be the best. but i guess, banning teachers politics will be a tricky one, as they dont directly link to the main parties but have panels known as white (pro BNP-jamat) and blue (pro BAL) for DU and they participate on teachers association, sydicate as well as dean elections. so the govt should find some way, so that these teachers cant find a hole to practice their ill politics with a so called independent politics.

[GoldenAsif]

Even if this doesn't totally stamp out the evil of campus politics (people should be studying, to gain an education and subsequently livelihood for themselves and their families, as well as benefitting our nation by being doctors, engineers, teachers etc) it will have a huge impact as the Awami league and BNP and their goons will have to be very secretive and subtle about campus politics.

This is a great decision. If students who are the future leaders of our society learn to be part of civilized and modern education system in terms of behaviour, then when they graduate and become doctors, lawyers and politicians they will hopefully insha'Allah replicate this same type of behaviour and not the jungle-village politics and thuggery of the Awami league and the BNP (the first is worse than the latter).

BD should also invest in attracting good foreign lecturers from abroad e.g. giving them huge salaries and sponsoring BD students to go abroad as Malaysia does.

[Sauron]

The biggest problem in campus politics is the direct involvement of univ teachers in party politics.

Over the last couple of decades, teaching appointments and top univ jobs started to be principally political. The teachers became more and more like the lowest common denominator.

I don't know how true the stories are, but I have heard from many relatives and friends, many stories about DU - making the most buttery student first class first instead of the most talented one, teachers helping guide "students" to make life of another teacher of the opposing party hell, not looking out for students' interest but rather AL, BNP or JI interest etc etc etc

The teaching community of DU, CU, RU, even some of the Medical Colleges, need to be purged of incompetent political cronies. They not just damage the students, they damage the motivation of the few good teachers who really want to teach.

So, teachers first. Then students.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by Spitfire_x86

What is the basis of defining a magic number like 23? If a citizen is entitled to vote, he is also entitled to join in politics. Adult students should have right to join in politics, just like they have right of doing other jobs apart from academic studies.

Not that I think joining politics is an ideal thing for a student to do, but the laws should be fair and logical.

Better late than never. Sorry to bring up this old thread, but I think there's been a misunderstanding here. When I said "say 23 years", it means I'm just giving an example. Yes you're right, there should be a logical number, and that's why I just gave an example. From my perspective, voting is not the same as doing other sorts of political activities. My whole family votes, but none of the members go and participate in party meetings or rallies.

What I was referring to was more related to "active" political involvement than just satisfying your democratic rights. IMO, active involvement should only be allowed when that cannot have any impact on the individuals' education. After seeing others, I can firmly say that education is the FIRST thing that gets sacrificed for active political involvement.