Deadline Goes Unheeded
IU teachers won't return to classes
Islamic University Teachers Association (IUTA) yesterday decided not to return to classes until their three-point demand were met.
The decision was taken at a meeting at the association's office on the campus.
The three demands are -- immediate removal of treasurer Shahjahan Ali, sacking of corrupt officials including proctor who had joined hand with immediate past VC M Alauddin and pro-VC Kamal Uddin and investigation into the incident of attack on teachers' meeting on November 19.
Earlier on Monday, different organsiations issued an ultimatum at separate meetings with vice-chancellor Prof Abdul Hakim Sarkar and asked him to meet the demand within 24 hours.
The organisations are IUTA, Bangabandhu Parishad IU unit, Zia Parishad and Green Forum.
“The VC did not take any step although he promised it and the deadline ended at 12:00pm on Tuesday,†Prof Iqbal Hossain, Yakub Ali, newly elected general secretary of IUTA said.
Academic activities at the university came to a halt as the teachers of the university under the banner of IUTA begun agitation on September 8 last year, demanding removal of the then vice-chancellor Prof M Alauddin, pro-vice chancellor Prof M Kamal Uddin and treasurer Prof Md Shahjahan Ali for their alleged involvement in irregularities in the recruitment of 132 teachers and officials on September 7.
Meanwhile, the authorities concerned relieved Prof Alauddin and Prof Kamal Uddin of their duties on December 27 and January 1 to end the four-month-long deadlock.
But the treasurer was not replaced. Contacted, the new VC told this correspondent that he was trying to settle the matter with the teachers.
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