<i>Student leaders and our future</i>
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There was a time when student leaders were the conscious-keepers of the people. It is they who gave us the right sense of direction at the time of crisis. Their leadership during the Language Movement in 1952, the People's Uprising in 1969 and the War of Liberation in 1971 dazzles in our history in letters of gold. But after Independence the quality of leadership at the student level as well as other levels has progressively degenerated resulting in campus violence, bloodshed and even death. It is because of the wrong steps of the majority of student leaders that acts like terrorism in the campus, unscheduled closure of institutions, session jam, copying in the examination have struck firm roots in the seats of learning. As Socrates had said, “Knowledge is power”, with the advancement of time and the pessimistic mindset of our present students, our nation as a whole has lost its power. The standard of education in Bangladesh has hopelessly deteriorated. All this is nothing but suicidal for the student community. It is high time that our student leaders realised their mistake and took the initiative to follow the ideals set by their predecessors.
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