Detained medical college admission seekers released
Eight students, who were detained on Tuesday from an agitation programme of medical college admission seekers in Chittagong city, were released yesterday.
The court released the youths after penalising each of them Tk 200, said Assistant Commissioner (Prosecution) Mainuddin.
Meanwhile, Pragatashil Chhatra Jote, Chattagram, an alliance of left leaning students' organisations, brought out a procession in the city yesterday demanding cancellation of the governments' decision to admit students to medical and dental colleges based on their GPA in SSC and HSC examinations rather than through admission tests.
They also held a rally at Anderkilla intersection demanding to ban coaching centers and increase the quality of education.
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