Planning and Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Monday said every university has to have its own code of conduct under which the student politics will run.
“Any university must has its own code of conduct, every student has its political identity, again an educational institution prepares its code of conduct comprising the country, society and other related matters,” he said.
The adviser made the statement while answering a question after holding a press briefing on the recently submitted report of a task-force to develop strategies to boost the economy and mobilise resources for equitable and sustainable development at the NEC conference room in the planning ministry.
Former director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Dr KAS Murshid led the 12-member taskforce which was formed in September last.
The Education Adviser mentioned that Cambridge, Oxford and like other universities across the globe have their own code of conduct.
“That type of code of might not be happen in our country,” he expressed his depression.
The taskforce in its report said all public and private universities should completely ban on-campus student politics.
Responding to a question, the taskforce chief KAS Murshid said that they thought that in the last 50 years the traditional student politics will come to an end.
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“The taskforce does not think that we do not benefitted much by this student politics,” he said whereas the current interim government is the outcome of the student politics and the government formed this taskforce.
He said that through this student politics any on campus matter transformed to crude economic corruption.
“Most of the cases we see that, so why this kind of space will prevail, does any civilised country have this, apart of our South Asian countries any other civilised country have this space,” he questioned.
But, he said that it does not mean that student politics is bad. “Student politics aligned with national parties is what we are against, this have to be considered seriously,” he said.
The former BIDS chief said that student politics must have to remain, student will give their opinions, they will engage in activism for social issues, political issues and other issues and will be vocal.
“They will play active positive role, for that we have to create some spaces, we should have to create a platform for that, (student will) come forward for the country, that is natural, but for that space is needed, we have to rethink that if that space means Shahbagh and Mohakhali,” he said.
He mentioned that this is high time to think about the matter. “We can talk this matter during this kind of government (interim government) we can not do that in the past time, of we do not say it right now, then when we will talk avout it,” he said.
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In his introductory speech, the taskforce chief briefly describing various points of the report said that it’s the show time and they have to do something. “If we do not do it, then when will be dome that.”
He mentioned that there is no political government right now while the political influence has reduced. “As a result, the politically related barriers which often put obstacles in our jobs that is on the backfoot to some extent,” he said.
He also said that this opportunity has to be availed, otherwise the scope will be lessen with the spinning of time.
“So there is urgency in here I think, if we take the change at the end of the day we will be able to left behind something at least,” he said.