Editorial
Buet situation unacceptable
Effective govt intervention missing
With the resignation of an overwhelming number of teachers and employees demanding resignation of Buet's VC and pro-VC, the ongoing stalemate in the premier institution of engineering education has further deepened.
The en masse resignation of teachers followed the VC's declaring 44 days' vacation of Buet in the face of the teachers' ultimatum demanding his resignation by Saturday.
. What happened on Wednesday did not just come out of the blue. The campus has been simmering with angry protest demonstrations by teachers, employees and general students pressing the single demand for the resignation of the VC and pro-VC.
They have been complaining of irregularities in promotions and appointments since long.
Expressing his concern at the situation and referring to an ongoing probe into the allegations against the VC and pro-VC, the education minister has asked the teachers to sit and talk to find out a solution.
The teachers had gone on 28 days' work abstention since April 7, but joined their classes after assurances from the prime minister and education ministers that their allegations and grievances would be duly looked into.
But so far we have seen no tangible outcome of the assurances. Consequently, the teachers have now gone for mass resignation.
As the teachers, employees and students have opted for such an extreme measure, the VC has termed the teachers' action as improper and unacceptable. Such stubbornness from either side patently demonstrates the gravity of the crisis obtaining at Buet.
While the teachers are at loggerheads with the VC, at the raw end of the deal is the future of the students. They comprise the best ones among those who pass the higher secondary level exams every year.
Now that all the deans of faculties, heads of departments and institutes of Buet have submitted their resignation in a body to the VC expressing 'no confidence' in him this is something unprecedented and demands immediate attention of the government at the highest level.
We hope the PM will play a hands-on role and help resolve the crisis to restore normality to Buet.
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