Vet students form human chain demanding job
Students of Haji Danesh University of Science and Technology form a human chain in front of the administrative building yesterday demanding steps for providing sufficient jobs for the veterinarians in the government and autonomous organisations. Photo: STAR
The students of veterinary science department of Hajee Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) yesterday formed a human chain demanding steps for their adequate employment at government and autonomous vet related organisations. About 300 students joined the human chain organised by HSTU unit of Bangladesh Veterinary Students Association (BVSA) in front of the administrative building for an hour. The students also brought out a procession that paraded different streets of their campus and about 1km road of Dinajpur-Rangpur highway. Earlier on July 29, the students submitted a memorandum to the director general of Livestock Department in the capital urging steps for employment of veterinary graduates who face a bleak future. There are more than 1,700 vacant posts of veterinarians in the country but 90 percent of over 250 students who had passed from the veterinary science department of HSTU since 2004 have remained unemployed, the students said at yesterday's human chain programme. The spread of diseases affecting feet and mouths of cattle, anthrax and bird flu could be checked or minimised if sufficient veterinarians were employed in the rural areas, the students said. They alleged that the previous government pursued a policy of contractual appointments of veterinarians and this made the future of veterinary students insecure, they added. The government is not giving appointment to the posts of veterinarians that have been lying vacant for years, Fahim Mafuz Bipul, a student and advisor of BVSA at HSTU. Professor Dr Md Abdul Hanif, dean of the veterinary science faculty of HSTU, said veterinarians could play a pivotal role in the diversification process for poultry and dairy farming but lack of expertise acts as a major hindrance in these fields. "Veterinary graduates essential for treatment of animals. We appeal to the government to fill up all vacant posts of so that more people are encouraged to join this profession," said Md Asaduzzaman, president of BVSA.
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