The New Nation - Internet Edition

JU Correspondent

The acute shortage of teachers has crippled the academic arena of Jahangirnagar University in the recent days.

Higher education and research works are being greatly hampered due to the teachers shortage, most of the departmental chairmen opined.

Sources said more than 10 departmental chairmen have already submitted their requirements paper to the JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman demanding immediate recruitment of the teachers and other office staff in their departments.

But the Education Ministry has recently imposed a ban on all sorts of recruitments in the University which created mixed reaction among the teachers and officials of the University. While contacted, Prof Abul Kashem Mojumder, the Chairman of Public Administration Department said, "We have already sent a recruitment notice to the University VC demanding at least three teachers. Our department is now running with only three teachers which is insufficient to run a department effectively."

Prof Shahabuddin Kabir, Dean and Chairman of Microbiology Department expressed his deep concern on the teacher shortage saying that the department is running with only three teachers, of them one teacher is on academic leave. Office bearers, lab attendants and other staff are also insufficient in the department, he said.

Dr Samsad Mortuza, Chairman of the English Department said the department needs more than three teachers including professors. Besides, the departments which submitted their requirement for teachers are Government and Politics, Bangla, History and some other departments of the University.

While contacted, JU VC Khandaker Mustahidur Rahman told this Correspondent that we began a procedure to appoint the teachers according to the demand of the various departments gradually but the sudden imposition of a ban on all sort of recruitments in the University has halted the recruitment procedures. The ministry will withdraw the ban for us to come out of this crisis," the VC hoped.