Students protest exam fee hike

Students of Pabna Edward College blocked the Ishwardi-Pabna highway for half an hour yesterday, protesting fee hike of honours third year final examinations.   

The third year students of the college later staged a sit-in in front of the office of the principal around 10:30am.

They also brought out a procession and held a rally on the campus, demanding immediate cancellation of the increased fee.

At the rally, the agitating students claimed that the authorities increased the examination fee by Tk 1,500 to Tk 2,000 in different departments this year.

The demonstrators also threatened to go for a tougher agitation if their demand was not met immediately.

Contacted, Prof Shamsul Huda, principal of the college, said the college authorities are not responsible for the fee hike as the National University authorities increased the fee.