Admission seekers block CU shuttle trains

The shuttle train service on the Chittagong University (CU) route was hit on Thursday morning, as 50-60 admission seekers blocked the track in Sholosohor demanding they be allowed to appear for the entrance test again.

The protesters shouted slogans as they sat on the track, delaying the shuttle trains that ferry students from Chattogram railway station to CU by over half an hour.

Their repeated requests to the university authorities, the UGC and even the Education Ministry over the past six months for letting them take the entry test have only fallen on deaf ears, said the protesters.

Saikat Majumdar, one of the protesters, said, “We completed our 12th standard exams in 2020 and took the admission test for the academic year 2020-2021 of the university. The CU authorities changed the exam schedule thrice during the pandemic.”

When contacted, CU Proctor Prof Rabiul Hasan Bhuiya said, “There is no scope for taking the admission test again and the protest movement of the admission seekers
is illogical.”