Students of Begum Ayesha Pilot High School and College held a protest in Joypara, the heart of Dhaka's Dohar Upazila, demanding the expulsion of the headmaster.

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They staged this protest in front of the school on Thursday afternoon. At that time, the students also accused him of various irregularities, corruption, bribery and misconduct.

The head teacher Kulchum Begum has been absent from the school for a long time. For a long time against Kulsoom Begum, including her own appointment, ex-BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon's sister-in-law for influence and arbitrariness, appointment of 12 relatives, extortion from contracting firms, corruption, bribery, malpractice and disastrous results in board exams and demanding permanent expulsion from the school. Thousands of students protested on Thursday.

It should be noted that after the mass uprising of the students on August 5, the head teacher Kulchum Begum was absent from the school for a long time. When the students protested to demand his permanent removal, the then (UNO) Md. Zakir Hossain appointed Assistant Teacher Nadira Begum as Acting Head Teacher in her stead on 25.08.2024 in a signed letter dated 25.08.2024 after failing to contact Kulchum Begum in person and by phone.

Under the authority of the President of the educational institution (ENO) assigns this responsibility. For the past 3 months, Kulchum Begum has not come to the institution. The movement has intensified to demand the removal of former Awami government MP and former president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hasan Papon and former local MP Salman F Rahman, who were ousted in the mass coup, and former local MP Salman F.

Also, during the student-crowd movement, he tried to discourage the students from the movement by threatening them at various times and the students complained about the agitators in class.

Sanjida Akhter, a brilliant student of the top higher secondary class, who is one of the leaders of the movement, said that we want a school where there will be no corruption and irregularities. We want an efficient, tasteful, loving and elegant head teacher to build a new Bangladesh.

He further complained that we are in insecurity along with some student families due to Kulchum Begum's threat. We want the permanent removal of the corrupt Kulchum Begum, a friend of fascism and a fascist herself. At that time, the agitators blocked the main road in front of the school for some time.