Samajtantrik Chhatra Front protested a government move to increase the tuition fees at public universities and colleges while Finance Minister AMA Muhith visiting Jahangirnagar University yesterday.
The leaders and activists of the left-leaning student organisation formed a human chain and staged a demonstration at JU.
Besides, Bangladesh Chhatra Union handed over a memorandum to the minister through JU Vice Chancellor Farzana Islam.
On March 30, the minister said, “Tuition fees in colleges is now Tk 12 and in universities Tk 16. It is absurd. There will be a fivefold hike.”
Yesterday, Muhith attended a reception to freshers' under 2016-17 academic session at JU.