The education adviser Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar on Wednesday said that he had no intention to resign by his own following a recent demand by the students.
鈥業 think that there is no deviation from my duties,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥榠f my employers think that there is any deviation and ask me to leave, I will leave.鈥�
The adviser told these to the reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday.聽
Earlier on Tuesday at least 100 students were injured after several hundred HSC examinees from various colleges in the capital stormed into the Bangladesh Secretariat and got locked in a clash with Bangladesh Army and police members demanding resignation of the education ministry adviser and secretary for their failure to postpone the examinations earlier.
Following the violent protest, the education ministry鈥檚 Secondary and Higher Education Division senior secretary Siddique Zobair was withdrawn from his position on the same day.
Replying to a question, the adviser on Wednesday said that the secretary had been exempted from the employment following a decision taken by a higher committee.
鈥業 was not connected with that decision,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥榮o I cannot give any answer regarding this.鈥�
About late postponement of the HSC exams he said that it took time to take a decision like this and they postponed the exams following due procedures.
