Students from various educational institutions, including both public and private polytechnic institutes, blocked the road at Shatrasta in Tejgaon, Dhaka, on Wednesday morning to press home their six-point demand.

After 10 a.m., students began gathering at the Shatrasta intersection. By around 10:30 a.m., vehicular movement came to a halt due to the road blockade.

The protesters include students from government and private polytechnic institutes, Technical School and Colleges (TSC), and other institutions under the Bangladesh Technical Education Board.

Tejgaon Division Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Ibn Mizan, told Samakal that the students resumed their protest over their previous six-point demand at 10 a.m. and declared that they would continue their sit-in indefinitely.

He added that efforts are underway to persuade the students to clear the road. Meanwhile, additional law enforcement personnel have been deployed to avoid any untoward incidents. The students have stated that they will not leave the streets unless their demands are addressed by senior officials from the ministry.

Abolish the 30% promotion quota for craft instructors to the junior instructor position.
Cancel the High Court verdict that allowed illegal promotions of craft instructors. Change the designation of craft instructors and dismiss those involved in the controversial recruitment. Cancel the nighttime recruitment of craft instructors in 2021 and revise the disputed recruitment rules immediately.

Cancel open admission at any age into the Diploma in Engineering course.
Implement a quality four-year curriculum modeled after developed countries and gradually shift academic activities to English.

Ensure legal action against government, state-owned, autonomous, and semi-autonomous institutions that are appointing diploma engineers to lower-grade positions despite the existence of reserved posts for sub-assistant engineers (10th grade).

Ban the appointment of non-technical personnel to key positions in the technical education sector such as directors, assistant directors, board chairmen, deputy secretaries, exam controllers, and principals. Ensure the appointment of qualified technical graduates to these roles and announce recruitment for all vacant teaching and lab assistant positions.

Establish a separate Ministry of Technical and Higher Education and form a Technical Education Reform Commission.

Set up a high-quality technical university to facilitate higher education for graduates from polytechnic and monotechnic institutes.
Additionally, ensure 100% enrollment from the next academic session at the four under-construction engineering colleges (in Narail, Natore, Khagrachhari, and Thakurgaon) through temporary campuses and academic activities under DUET for polytechnic and monotechnic graduates.