Polytechnic Protest for Six Demands

On Monday, students from all Polytechnic Institutes in the country will hold a protest march to demand the fulfillment of their six-point demands. The announcement of this event was made on Sunday, April 27, through the online platform "Technical Education Movement, Bangladesh" via their Facebook page.

The statement mentioned that on April 28 (Monday), students from all Polytechnic Institutes in the country will organize protest marches simultaneously. Additionally, the students will submit complaint letters to their respective district IDEB offices against the controversial recruitment of Craft Instructors in 2021.

On Sunday, students staged protests in front of Polytechnic Institutes across the country, including Dhaka. In the capital, students from the Technical Student Movement Bangladesh held a rally in front of Dhaka Women’s Polytechnic Institute in Agargaon for nearly two hours. Around 11:30 am, students from Mirpur-10 and Dhaka Polytechnic Institute joined the rally, gathering on the street in front of Dhaka Women’s Polytechnic Institute. The students held the rally until about 1:15 pm, where former Polytechnic students showed their solidarity.

The demands of the Polytechnic students are as follows—cancellation of the 30% promotion quota for Craft Instructors to Junior Instructor positions; cancellation of the promotion ruling for Craft Instructors to Junior Instructor posts; changing the title of Craft Instructors; dismissal of individuals involved in the related legal cases; cancellation of the recruitment of Craft Instructors appointed in 2021, and immediate revision of the controversial recruitment procedure.