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Why this agitation?

4 October 2011, 18:00 PM

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Eunus Sikder Emon, Jagannath University

A public university should be run by the government. The students of Jagannath University have been demonstrating against the University Act 27(4) since its establishment in 2005. But the government has failed to give any solution to the problem. The students' opinion is that if a university is run by the students' fees, then it cannot be called a public university. So, their demands are simple - to nullify the University Act and to have government funding for the university.