Readers Respond
Here are some comments that came in response to Sunday's The Daily Star news report headlined “All because of stalking”
Tajul Islam, Beijing
We, the residents of Banani area, are highly disturbed by the activities of these so-called universities. The government should take immediate steps to close operation of these universities, all offices and garment factories in Banani and Gulshan areas. These areas are getting overcrowded and unliveable. Robin
Every university in Bangladesh should have insurance policies against vandalism by the students. Sheikh Din Mohammad
The two VCs should sit together, apprehend the alleged stalker and punish him accordingly. The students' anger is nothing but their frustration against our society where the goons are the social elite and nearly all gentlemen live on illicit money from bribes etc. Md. Mansur Rahman
Please make sure that stern actions are taken against those thugs (in the guise of students) by identifying them from the video footage. This will certainly go a long way to deter such activities in the future, as the message will be clear that no one will go unpunished. Faizal hafiz
Students these days are preoccupied with other stuffs rather than studies or friendly discussions with others. When do you get time to be violent in a university? It's because most of these students are outside on the road drinking tea/smoking cigarettes and killing valuable time. They should be inside a boundary minding their own business. Md. Bashir
As our schools don't give ethical education to the students, our students try their best to earn a degree to earn money. They are not taught good behaviour and social norms. Mh Uddin
Most of the private universities at Dhaka and Chittagong are located in the congested residential areas, which cost a lot during any incident like this. We need to think about their relocation. Anon
Bangalees are good at destroying, not at creating. Abul
It's a disgrace that students of Bangladesh behave in such wild manners in public. A few months back,, I had to intervene when some teenage students dragged out a poor bus conductor their age. They almost beat him unconscious near Shewrapara overbridge. As a senior citizen, I felt it my duty to step in. Had I not done so, the boy would have been beaten to death. We often see them brazenly dodging bus fare. Time has come for the saner section of society to think seriously and find ways to curb this menace. Religion also may be a source of learning for them about morality and good behaviour. Ghalib Imtiyaz
Some readers have talked about if the universities are appropriately located, but failed to realise the underlying problem. These students behave in such a way because they do not have the credentials to study at tertiary level but unfortunately private universities are enrolling them as long as they can pay their fees. Such deliberate easing of entry requirements have resulted in poor standards and the last thing we need is to have these profiteering private universities to produce a large number of unskilled graduates, who do better if they were trained in vocational institutes with a hands-on approach. They may lack the talent and aptitude to truly deserve a degree in subjects they are studying now but they will be able to make useful contribution to our economy if they are trained in polytechnic institutes so that they can work to revive our dying manufacturing sector.
We, the residents of Banani area, are highly disturbed by the activities of these so-called universities. The government should take immediate steps to close operation of these universities, all offices and garment factories in Banani and Gulshan areas. These areas are getting overcrowded and unliveable. Robin
Every university in Bangladesh should have insurance policies against vandalism by the students. Sheikh Din Mohammad
The two VCs should sit together, apprehend the alleged stalker and punish him accordingly. The students' anger is nothing but their frustration against our society where the goons are the social elite and nearly all gentlemen live on illicit money from bribes etc. Md. Mansur Rahman
Please make sure that stern actions are taken against those thugs (in the guise of students) by identifying them from the video footage. This will certainly go a long way to deter such activities in the future, as the message will be clear that no one will go unpunished. Faizal hafiz
Students these days are preoccupied with other stuffs rather than studies or friendly discussions with others. When do you get time to be violent in a university? It's because most of these students are outside on the road drinking tea/smoking cigarettes and killing valuable time. They should be inside a boundary minding their own business. Md. Bashir
As our schools don't give ethical education to the students, our students try their best to earn a degree to earn money. They are not taught good behaviour and social norms. Mh Uddin
Most of the private universities at Dhaka and Chittagong are located in the congested residential areas, which cost a lot during any incident like this. We need to think about their relocation. Anon
Bangalees are good at destroying, not at creating. Abul
It's a disgrace that students of Bangladesh behave in such wild manners in public. A few months back,, I had to intervene when some teenage students dragged out a poor bus conductor their age. They almost beat him unconscious near Shewrapara overbridge. As a senior citizen, I felt it my duty to step in. Had I not done so, the boy would have been beaten to death. We often see them brazenly dodging bus fare. Time has come for the saner section of society to think seriously and find ways to curb this menace. Religion also may be a source of learning for them about morality and good behaviour. Ghalib Imtiyaz
Some readers have talked about if the universities are appropriately located, but failed to realise the underlying problem. These students behave in such a way because they do not have the credentials to study at tertiary level but unfortunately private universities are enrolling them as long as they can pay their fees. Such deliberate easing of entry requirements have resulted in poor standards and the last thing we need is to have these profiteering private universities to produce a large number of unskilled graduates, who do better if they were trained in vocational institutes with a hands-on approach. They may lack the talent and aptitude to truly deserve a degree in subjects they are studying now but they will be able to make useful contribution to our economy if they are trained in polytechnic institutes so that they can work to revive our dying manufacturing sector.
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