Pabna, July 20 (V7N) – Students of Pabna Government Textile Engineering College staged a sit-in protest on Sunday by locking the doors of the college’s administrative building, demanding urgent academic reforms and transparency in grading and semester completion.

The demonstration began at midday as students raised eight specific demands, primarily focused on academic irregularities and administrative inefficiencies. Speaking at the protest, student representatives Sajjad Hossain, Nayeem Islam, and Anik, among others, addressed their grievances to the authorities and warned of intensified movements if their concerns were not addressed promptly.

Their demands included official disclosure of subject names and grades for failed courses of the 16th and 17th batches, along with detailed explanations for year-drop cases. Students also called for the timely publication of semester results—within a maximum of three months—complete with grade sheets. They urged the administration to republish the results for Level-2, Term-2 with corrected grades.

In addition, they demanded that each semester be completed within six months, that a supplementary examination system be introduced with minimal fees, that new or revised academic policies be communicated to students without delay, and that the existing faculty shortage be resolved with the recruitment of qualified teachers.

The protesters insisted that unless these reforms are implemented, they would escalate their agitation.

In response, the college's Principal, Engineer Md. Bakhtiar Hossain, acknowledged the students' concerns and stated that discussions have already been held with higher authorities. He assured the students that reasonable demands would be addressed and urged them to return to their classes to restore academic normalcy.

Pabna Government Textile Engineering College, one of the specialized institutions under Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX), plays a significant role in producing skilled engineers for the country’s vital textile sector. However, recurring issues like delays in result publication, lack of faculty, and opaque academic policies have been a point of contention between students and the administration in recent years.

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