The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

The 1st year students of Dhaka University yesterday staged a demonstration on the university campus demanding realisation of the five-point demands including reduction of examination fees and publication of their examination's results soon.

The students are carrying out the movement for some days to meet their demands.

The demands are: to fix the amount at Tk 2,500 for two semesters as well as admission fee, give chance to the less successful students to appear at the next semester examination and fix Tk 100 as the fee of each improvement course, publish the result within one month after ending of the examination and make available information to the students about semester system from the beginning of the first semester.

They brought out a procession on the campus and held a rally at the Aparajeyo Bangla where they declared that they would continue the movement until the demand was met.

Sources said the students became agitated when the academic council decided to take Tk 1,000 as the second semester fee, which was earlier Tk 400 for the first semester.

Sardar Aminul Islam, Chairman of Sociology Department of the university, said the university authority fixed the amount considering the overall condition of the students.

He said the semester system is more experience than other examinations, so the amount was fixed which was not so high.

The university authority increased the examination fees under the semester system as some extra Tk 27 lakh is required to conduct the semester system examination, he added.