Demanding an immediate solution to the crisis of teachers, students of basic medical and pharmaceutical science faculty at University of Science and Technology, Chittagong (USTC) yesterday (July, 30) confined its vice chancellor for an hour.
They had confined VC Prof Pravat Barua from noon to 1:00pm to his office and also protested the authority’s decision to shift the faculty to the universities newly constructed 18-storey building, said witnesses.
“We will not shift there unless the authority solves the crisis and install lifts in the building,” said a protester, seeking anonymity.
Students alleged that the building’s construction work was yet to be completed but the faculty was being forced to move to the building’s fourth and sixth floors.
Contacted, VC Barua told The Reporters that these problems were solvable. “There are 23 teachers in the department now. Of them, 11 are permanent,” he said.
He said that they were shifting the faculty as they had decided to expand the USTC hospital.
“The new academic building has one lift and we will install two more within August,” he said, adding, “Some politically motivated students might have incited the students.”
