Accommodation crisis acute at BL College

The students, especially the female ones, of Government BL College, have long been facing severer accommodation crisis.

The seven dormitories — five for the male and two for the female — can accommodate only 577 students while more than 23,000 students read in the college, with 40 per cent of them being females, official sources said, adding that there were only 188 seats for the female students.

As a result, more than 22 thousand students, of whom almost 80 per cent come from out of the Khulna city, have to reside in private dormitories, which in most cases lack congenial atmosphere and are shabby, insecure and, on top of all these, costly.

The female students are the worst sufferers because of the accommodation crisis.

Economics honours student Mrittunjoy Das, who hails from remote village Kanaidia in Shatkhira and resides in a private dormitory at Roypara Cross Road in the city, told New Age that he had to spend Tk 2,500 per month for meal charge meal and dormitory fare.

He said his father was a farmer and the only earning member of his family and it was difficult for him to bear this expense.

Philosophy department student Mukti Pal, who hails from another remote village Mahamudkati under Paikgachha in Khulna and resides in a private dormitory at Banikpara near the college, told New Age that they felt unsecured in the private dormitories where proper atmosphere for study was absent.

Admitting the severe accommodation crisis and insecurity involved in residing in private dormitories, especially for female students, the college principle, Professor Shafiullah Sardar, said they were going to construct a 100-seated hall for the female students under the project of Development of Post Graduate Colleges.

He said the soil test of the spot had already been completed and the Education Engineering Department had already prepared the design of the building.

The college has higher secondary, degree pass course, degree honours course in 14 subjects and Master's course in 15 subjects.

Source : New Age