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Published : 13 Oct 2025, 01:03 PM
Students demanding a final ordinance to combine seven government colleges previously affiliated with Dhaka University into the proposed Dhaka Central University are demonstrating for a four-point list of demands on Monday.
The protesters, who gathered at the road adjacent to Sikkha Bhaban, announced that they will not leave the road without receiving a commitment to issuing an ordinance within three days.
Meanwhile, police set up barricades on the road to the Secretariat ahead of the protest, halting traffic on the route.
Md Naim Hawlader, a student representative of the movement, told bdnews24.com at 2:15 pm: "We are pressing for four demands. These are, to revise the draft ordinance based on stakeholder feedback and commitment to issuing the final ordinance within the next three working days; acknowledging the students of all academic years as Dhaka Central University students through the ordinance; to start university activities by appointing all important personnel including the VC and registrar within 15 working days of the issuance of the ordinance; and to clarify the Ministry of Education's position against those threatening and intimidating ordinary students to fail (in exams) and ruin their careers."
"We will not leave the roads until our demands are fulfilled.”
As part of their previously announced programme, students from the seven colleges marched towards the Sikkha Bhaban from their respective campuses.
At 11:20am on Monday, more than a hundred students of Shaheed Suhrawardy College and Kabi Nazrul Government College brought out a procession and gathered in front of the Sikkha Bhaban, chanting different slogans. Later, students from Dhaka College and other colleges joined them.
Female students also took part in the protest. They chanted slogans like, “No dilly-dallying with the ordinance,” “No business with education will be tolerated,” and so on.
A student of Shaheed Suhrawardy College said, "Although the government announced it would combine seven colleges into a central university, the ordinance has not been issued yet. They must issue the ordinance soon, otherwise, we’ll opt for a stringent protest programme."
The process of forming Dhaka Central University, combining seven colleges in the capital, is under way. The Secondary and Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education published a draft ordinance on Sept 24 proposing the academic and administrative structure of the university and sought opinions from stakeholders. They collected opinions directly and through email until Oct 9.
On Sunday, the education ministry said more than 6,000 opinions have reached them.
The ministry said that the work of compiling and analysing the opinions was going on, and the process would be completed quickly and a series of consultation meetings will be organised soon with stakeholders, including teachers, students, educators, and representatives of education-related members of civil society.
Dhaka Central University will combine Dhaka College, Government Bangla College, Government Titumir College, Eden Mohila College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, and Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College. Students are protesting in favour of quickly securing the legal framework for the new university.
Meanwhile, higher secondary students of Dhaka College held a procession and blocked the road for several minutes at the Science Lab area on Sunday morning, demanding the educational institution remain as it is.
The teachers who belong to the BCS general education cadre took a stance against the formation of the university proposed under a schooling system.
