The University of Chittagong (CU) has turn into the first tutorial establishment in Bangladesh to place into effect dope assessments for varsity students, starting nowadays (12 December).
Evolved drug detection kits – imported from the United States – will be gentle to title five forms of gear – amphetamines, alcohol, cannabis, benzodiazepines, and opioids.
Dr Abu Tayeb, chief clinical officer of CU Scientific Center, acknowledged, “We’re going to take a look at for these five parameters licensed by the authorities the employ of developed kits,” he acknowledged.
He extra acknowledged that every take a look at will price students Tk350.
Dr Atiar Rahman, coordinator of the dope take a look at committee, acknowledged, “Students who take a look at obvious for drug employ will be equipped with confidential counseling companies and products to deter future employ. This initiative targets to amplify consciousness and put a drug-free campus ambiance.”
He went on to claim, “Through this initiative, we hope to educate our students and toughen the message that drug employ is incompatible with our university’s values.”
The programme within the starting set up launched for varsity students residing in CU’s 12 residential halls and is anticipated to be executed inside of two months.
Whereas within the starting set up centered on male students, the initiative will step by step encompass female students, crew, and even faculty contributors.
Students admire welcomed the initiative, expressing hope that it might possibly possibly restore the university’s tutorial ambiance.
“Training and remedy are incompatible. No pupil can even silent grab remedy,” acknowledged a pupil named Jane Alam.
This decision by the administration is commendable, he acknowledged, adding that it might possibly possibly play a key characteristic in creating a quiet campus.
Chittagong University, with its Forty eight departments and six institutes, enrolls approximately 5,000 new students yearly. The administration plans to elongate dope assessments to newly admitted students sooner than allocating them residential hall accommodations.
Positioned 20 kilometers from the city, the university is residence to approximately 26,000 students. Despite its vivid tutorial existence, the university has struggled with drug abuse points that admire tarnished its popularity and disrupted the academic ambiance.
University authorities admire identified over 50 hotspots on campus the set up drug employ is prevalent, inviting no longer handiest students however moreover crew and outsiders.
