Students block highway demanding exam centre
Attack local politician, law enforcers
Students of Kashipur School and College in the city yesterday blocked Barisal-Dhaka highway demanding SSC examination centre at the institution.
Barisal education board authorities published a list of 70 centres including five new ones under the board to hold this year's secondary school certificate examination. About 62,000 candidates will take the examination, beginning February 1.
The students and their guardians have been demanding an SSC examination centre at Kashipur School and College for long. As the board authorities did not set up an SSC exam centre at the institution, the students became furious and blocked the highway at around 10:00am.
The agitating students also intercepted Sramik League district unit president Aftab Ahmed while he was passing the area in a car. They forced him to get down from the car and walk home.
As police and Rab personnel reached the spot at noon, the students started throwing brickbats on them. The law enforcers used truncheons, dispersed the agitating students and took control of the area.
Traffic on the highway resumed after law enforcers removed the barricade at around 1:00pm. Administrative officials later held a meeting with Kashipur School and College authorities and assured them that they would sit with the board officials to resolve the issue.
Contacted, Delwar Hossain, controller of examination of Barisal Education Board, said the board authorities held a meeting in the afternoon and decided to set up a centre at Kashipur School and College.
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