ASK expresses grave concern and condemnation

Ain o Salish Kendra expresses its grave concern and condemnation over the incident of police resistance and attack on the rally and protestation of students against the Government’s recent decision not to have test for admission to Medical and Dental Colleges but on the basis of their previous result.

On 12 August 2012, in a meeting at the Health and Family Planning Ministry regarding the admission in Medical and Dental colleges it has been decided that in 2012-2013 academic session in MBBS and BDS course at public and private medical college, the admission will be done without admission test. From the very beginning the admission seekers of this year are protesting the decision. Recently when they gathered to protest against the decision at different places of the country including Dhaka and Chittagong, police resisted their peaceful gathering; snatch away their banner, festoons and leaflet and attack on them. At the same time police also arrested few students and took them to the police station.

Every year thousands of students participate in the medical admission test. It is their right to express their views on the issues related to their future. At the same time they also have the right to protest such decisions. We think that the resistance of police also violated the right of the students to express their views in a democratic way. We also hope that considering their logic in favor of restoring admission test in medical admission, the authority will take such a decision which will ultimately help in the future academic life of the students.