The BUET VC has convened an emergency meeting of the Syndicate, the highest policy-making body of the premier university, on Monday as the BUET stalemate was yet to be resolved.
The meeting scheduled to be held at 5pm will discuss the overall situation, Prof Nazrul Islam told bdnews24.com on Sunday evening.
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) reopened on Saturday after a 44-day shutdown stemming from protests by its teachers and students seeking ouster of the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor.
No classes were held at the university on Saturday, the first day of resumption of academic activities at the university.
No classes took place on Sunday too.
Some of the demonstrating teachers said they pressed on with their protests at personal level by skipping classes but without any formal declaration of any protest plan to avoid facing contempt of court charges.
The High Court on Aug 14 in a rule ordered authorities to start the admission process of the first-year students amid the teachers' protests.
"The emergency syndicate meeting has been called under such an unusual situation. The meeting will discuss various issues including that of teachers not joining classes defying court's orders," he added.
Admission test to BUET for the 2012-2013 academic sessions has also become uncertain as the protesting teachers have been boycotting classes and other academic activities for more than a month.
In the wake of movement demanding resignation of the VC and Pro-Vice Chancellor, the BUET authorities had advanced the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation to close it on July 10. The decision, however, failed to deter the protesters from going ahead with the movement.
One of the teachers, seeking anonymity, said the teachers were not attending classes claiming personal reasons to stay away from court contempt.
Asked whether the Syndicate would pressurise the teachers to join classes, he said, "The members of the body will take decisions after discussing several issues."
Meanwhile, the Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid is leaving Dhaka on Sunday night on a seven-day visit to attend the 'Commonwealth Education Ministers Conference' in Mauritius. He is scheduled to return on Sep 2.
On July 11, 24 teachers holding administrative posts resigned and the Teachers Association announced that the teachers would resign en masse on July 22 if their demand was not met.
They, however, postponed the 'resignation decision' until July 30 after Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid had said a solution would be worked out after discussions with the Prime Minister and the President, days before the court slapped the ban on any protests on the BUET campus.
The BUET authorities shut the university on July 10, a month in advance for Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, until Aug 24 and the teachers and students erupted in protest.
The meeting scheduled to be held at 5pm will discuss the overall situation, Prof Nazrul Islam told bdnews24.com on Sunday evening.
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) reopened on Saturday after a 44-day shutdown stemming from protests by its teachers and students seeking ouster of the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice Chancellor.
No classes were held at the university on Saturday, the first day of resumption of academic activities at the university.
No classes took place on Sunday too.
Some of the demonstrating teachers said they pressed on with their protests at personal level by skipping classes but without any formal declaration of any protest plan to avoid facing contempt of court charges.
The High Court on Aug 14 in a rule ordered authorities to start the admission process of the first-year students amid the teachers' protests.
"The emergency syndicate meeting has been called under such an unusual situation. The meeting will discuss various issues including that of teachers not joining classes defying court's orders," he added.
Admission test to BUET for the 2012-2013 academic sessions has also become uncertain as the protesting teachers have been boycotting classes and other academic activities for more than a month.
In the wake of movement demanding resignation of the VC and Pro-Vice Chancellor, the BUET authorities had advanced the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation to close it on July 10. The decision, however, failed to deter the protesters from going ahead with the movement.
One of the teachers, seeking anonymity, said the teachers were not attending classes claiming personal reasons to stay away from court contempt.
Asked whether the Syndicate would pressurise the teachers to join classes, he said, "The members of the body will take decisions after discussing several issues."
Meanwhile, the Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid is leaving Dhaka on Sunday night on a seven-day visit to attend the 'Commonwealth Education Ministers Conference' in Mauritius. He is scheduled to return on Sep 2.
On July 11, 24 teachers holding administrative posts resigned and the Teachers Association announced that the teachers would resign en masse on July 22 if their demand was not met.
They, however, postponed the 'resignation decision' until July 30 after Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid had said a solution would be worked out after discussions with the Prime Minister and the President, days before the court slapped the ban on any protests on the BUET campus.
The BUET authorities shut the university on July 10, a month in advance for Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, until Aug 24 and the teachers and students erupted in protest.
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