In the face of the movement, on Sunday (May 28) around 9:15 pm, Professor Sazzad Hossain who performed the daily functions of Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) resigned. The registrar of the university Dr. Salim Hossain confirmed the media about the accepting of the resignation letter. However, media workers will be informed about this in detail later.
Earlier, 50 some teachers of the university staged a sit-in inside the VC’s office demanding their promotion from 11 o’clock on Sunday.
The acting VC was stuck inside the VC office till half past 9 pm. Finally, he resigned under pressure at around 9:30 p.m.
The post of RUET VC fell vacant on July 30 last year. Since then, Professor Dr. Sazzad Hossain, the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Humanities performed the routine duties for 10 months.
The protesting teachers complained that there was no VC in the campus for 11 months. Due to the absence of a guardian, the academic and administrative activities of the university have come to a standstill. Apart from this, at least 80 teachers are being denied their rightful promotion and upgradation in the last 15 months despite fulfilling all the conditions.
The teachers along with some leaders of RUET teachers’ association entered the VC’s office to demand promotion and asked the acting VC about the promotion he replied that he had no power to do so.