Politicians losing unity after mass uprising, says BNP’s Fakhrul

“Following the Uprising, an opportunity arose to rebuild the country in a better way. However, we see that our politicians are losing their unity,” he says

Politicians across the country are “losing their unity” after the student-led mass uprising, says Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

The BNP secretary general made the comment at an event on Monday.

He said, “Following the mass uprising, an opportunity arose to rebuild the country in a better way. However, we see that our politicians are losing their unity. Many of them are leaving.”

‘‘All around us we hear a chord of disunity. Then we become frustrated.”

After reciting poems by Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam, the BNP secretary general said: ‘‘The future beckons you. Those of you who have just stepped into your youth, the new world beckons you. Dr Sabur Khan said that you have to prepare yourself to compete in that world.”

‘‘The world has turned into a ground for competition. If you can’t survive, you’ll be thrown away. You need to reach a certain level. Then you need to prepare yourself.”

He spoke at a reception by monthly magazine “Bishwabidyalaya Parikrama” for students who got a GPA-5 in their Secondary School Certificate exams at the Diploma Engineers Institute. Later, Fakhrul presented the crests and certificates to the students.

‘POLITICIANS, BUREAUCRATS RESPONSIBLE FOR STATE OF EDUCATION’

Mirza Fakhrul said, “It is our misfortune that our education system has deteriorated and the quality has dropped to a nadir. We, the politicians, and our bureaucracy are responsible for it.”

‘‘We have given the lowest priority to education. Our students graduate from institutions in the villages of Thakurgaon or Chandpur, but never get a job. This is because they hold BA or MA degrees. However, if they had a degree of BSC, or a diploma on electricity from the polytechnic institute or even in civil engineering, no one could prevent them from getting a job. This policy issue is the failure of the politicians.”

‘EDUCATION SYSTEM REQUIRES CHANGE’

Mirza Fakhrul said, “Our teachers are staging protests, they have taken to the streets to push for their salaries. This could be improved if we changed it completely and arrange higher studies for only particularly talented students and vocational and technical training for general students. That would have profited us the most.”

‘‘Today, there’s no technical education. There are no institutes for it. Vocational centres are not there. We don’t establish them. We’re creating students with BAs and MAs. How can young people flourish?”

He commented that technical education should be emphasised to provide employment to people.