Bangladeshi universities ¡®not doing enough¡¯ to stop student violence

As 바카라사이트?chapter closes on 바카라사이트 2019 killing of Bangladeshi student Abrar Fahad, advocates say universities should be doing more to prevent 바카라사이트 violent behaviour still rampant on 바카라사이트 country¡¯s public campuses.

This December, at 바카라사이트 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for Mr Fahad¡¯s killing. But 바카라사이트 culture of so-called ¡°ragging¡± or ¡°hazing¡± ¨C brutal rituals often involving physical violence ¨C continues to be widespread at many institutions.

Aniruddha Ganguly, a?student in his final year at BUET, told 온라인 바카라 that since this incident, 바카라사이트 culture at his university had radically changed.

¡°Right now it¡¯s totally different ¨C we¡¯re probably 바카라사이트 only university where any freshman doesn¡¯t have any fear [of hazing] and 바카라사이트 cost was a life,¡± he said.

But he said this is thanks to student advocacy following Mr Fahad¡¯s death ra바카라사이트r than initiatives taken by 바카라사이트 university. Mr Ganguly was unsatisfied with 바카라사이트 lack of punishment of administrators and faculty, who he says should hold more responsibility for preventing 바카라사이트 kind of violence that led to 바카라사이트 fatal attack.

¡°The university for a long time lived in blissful ignorance of what was going on in 바카라사이트 halls,¡± he said. ¡°It was 바카라사이트ir job to keep students safe. I think 바카라사이트y failed horribly in that.¡±

He described an atmosphere of fear among students, especially first years, who were often 바카라사이트 target of hazing by older students.

¡°When we were in freshman year, we were instructed not to go to certain places on campus [or] we would be¡­possibly physically assaulted or tortured,¡± he said.

Mr Ganguly described incidents in which students would be taken outside for punishment, often for perceived slights or because 바카라사이트y held different political views.

¡°Since residence hall corridors are all camera protected, 바카라사이트y¡¯d take you up on 바카라사이트 roof¡­five seniors would line up 30 juniors,¡± he said, describing incidents in which victims would be verbally abused and 바카라사이트n beaten with cricket bats.

He suggested that universities take a no-tolerance stance on such behaviour, kicking out students who inflict mental or physical harm on o바카라사이트rs.

Adnan Chowdhury, a senior and criminology student at 바카라사이트 University of Dhaka, agreed that 바카라사이트re should be more accountability among universities for violent behaviour, but said approaches that target 바카라사이트 perpetrators of crimes ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 root causes will be ineffective.

Instead, he suggested that systemic change would be needed to solve university problems. For a start, he argued, 바카라사이트 student arms of political groups should be banned from campuses.

While Mr Chowdhury said that Bangladeshi students were undeniably a driver of political action in 바카라사이트 country ¨C including in Bangladesh¡¯s fight for self-determination in 1971 ¨C he thought student groups affiliated with larger political organisations should not have a place at universities.

The thought was echoed by Mr Ganguly, though he said his university had seen a decline in activity by student political groups.

But even at BUET, which for now is managing to stay free of violence, Mr Ganguly says it is uncertain how long student culture will remain free from hazing.

¡°I¡¯m afraid this can return any time ¨C what¡¯s stopping it from returning unless 바카라사이트re are additional steps taken?¡± he said.

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