DHAKA: A Bangladeshi education ministry order demanding officers report institutions and pupils involved in anti-government “provocative activities” was withdrawn on Wednesday after criticism it undermined the spirit of last year´s student-led revolution.
The mass uprising spearheaded by students toppled long-time autocrat Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, with an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus taking charge.
The order, signed by the ministry´s director of its “monitoring and evaluation” for secondary education, Abed Nomani, was issued on January 2 -- but shot to attention after it circulated on social media and in newspapers.
Wahiduddin Mahmud, the education minister, said he had not been aware of the order and that it had been cancelled. “The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education was not instructed to issue any notification,” he said. “This matter will be investigated”.
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