Dinajpur vet college teachers on strike

The college is now severe fund crisis, resulting in uncertainty to 250 students, they said.

Because of fund crisis, 98 officials including 23 teachers are not getting their salaries for the last seven months since October, 2006.

Moreover, the college authorities could not pay their telephone bills, buy fodder for cattle, meet the expenditure of examinations and give scholarship to students.

Earlier, teachers, officials and staff, in a meeting held here in April threatened to go for an indefinite strike for failure of government to fulfil their demand from May 9. The demands include payment of their seven months' salaries and merger of the college with Hajee Danesh Science and Technology University (HDSTU).

The college authorities also held a meeting with Education Secretary Md Syed Ataur Rahman on May 6. He gave directives to the Livestock Ministry to pay their seven months' salaries, but in vain, college sources said.

The then Awami League government established the college on 10 acres of land beside the Dinajpur-Dhaka highway at a cost of Tk.30cr under a development programme of the Ministry of Education in 1997.

A five-year curriculum including one year internship was introduced. There are three departments in the college.