Editorial
Students take oath to fight corruption
Replicate the initiative all over
We are heartened by the news of hundreds of students taking a vow to launch an unrelenting fight against corruption in a recently held ceremony. These students, many of them SSC examinees, have pledged not only to shun corruption but also to root it out altogether. At a function also attended by teachers and guardians at the Shaheed Mohor Ali High School in Chapainawabganj, they took the oath. When corruption has insidiously seeped into all segments of society securing the country one of the top positions in the list of most corrupt countries, we view this ceremony as a pioneering move to see the youth take up the lead in the moral battle against corruption.
Youth Engagement and Support Group of Chapainawabganj unit of Transparency International, Bangladesh and Sachetan Nagorik Committee deserve thanks for organising the function. We believe that this type of awareness building programme can be instrumental in sensitising our young generation about the fact that corruption stalls social progress, affecting in the process, all individuals in our society. While commending the move, we emphasise the need for replicating this measure covering all the major schools and other academic institutions. We envision a time when students from all corners of the country having taken an oath will work shoulder to shoulder to curb corruption.
We should however cast our net wider and get the larger communities involved into the act. Professionals, political leaders, social activists and people from all walks of life should encourage identical programmes to build a nationwide movement against corruption. The NGOs and local government bodies could come forward in a meaningful way to strengthen the endeavour.
It is admitted on all hands that no effort should be spared to combat high incidence of corruption that has engulfed the country. Let us not forget that giving bribe is as culpable as taking it.
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