Party leaders sending wrong message to students
“Everyone has the right to education. Interference with that right will not be tolerated.” In my elementary school, a student who misbehaved stayed late to learn this ideal by writing these sentences out as punishment. Sadly, in Bangladesh there are groups of adults that need this lesson as well.
Classes and important tests are delayed or lost due to violent hartals. Many activists do not understand the importance of education nor respect the fact that people want to better themselves. Hefajat believes that half the population does not even need education. Political parties' student wings spend too much time clashing with rival groups and disrupting campus life, instead of taking advantage of their educational opportunities.
Violence is the lesson these supposed future leaders are learning; and by not reining in this behaviour, the current party leaderships send the message that they are not concerned about students' future either.
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