All universities will resume their academic activities in-person classes from February 22. Indeed, this is good news for the students who have been facing serious difficulties to complete their higher education because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, authorities of all the university must take necessary measures to maintain peaceful atmosphere on campuses before resuming academic activities. Apart from maintaining health guidelines and physical distancing, university authorities will have to ensure security of the students and teachers.
Last year in November, authorities reopened their respective universities and resumed academic activities physically in phases after 18-month of Covid-19 shutdown. But on January 20 the government shut down all schools, colleges and universities again as the spread of coronavirus increased sharply. And after the one-month shut the universities are going to be reopened again.
Apart from the Covid-19 pandemic, campus chaos has also affected the students’ academic activities badly throwing them into uncertainty. Hence, university authorities should devise necessary measures to ensure smooth functioning of academic, research and cultural activities.
University authorities must take necessary measures to
maintain peaceful atmosphere on campuses before
resuming academic activities
We should keep in mind that some elements may instigate the students to create unrest on the university campuses. As the politics of conspiracy is still going on in country, students should remain alert. They will have to understand the intention of those vested elements.
As the preparation is going on to reopen universities, the conspirators are taking preparations to create unrest in the country centering the universities with a target to oust the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
In this regard, Bangladesh Nationalist Party in association with anti-liberation and communal forces which do not have the strength, courage and ability to wage a movement is trying to use the students as tools.
Therefore, as they [BNP] have no options left, they will now depend on movement on campus by instigating the students in many ways. Therefore, the students and teachers will have to be united further in order to thwart any plot to create unrest on campuses.
University cannot be a place for doing ill politics but it is an institution for higher education. Too much gathering ruins the environment of educational institutions, hence, it is better to not roam in the campus without any work. Also, university administration must discourage the city dwellers not to visit the campus unless necessary.
