The Hurdles to Academic Freedom in Bangladesh
Sakhawat Sajjat Sejanis | 7 April | The Daily Star
Academic freedom is a special concern of freedom of speech and falls within the periphery of Article 39 of Bangladesh's constitution. Generally, academic freedom is perceived as freedom of universities in terms of research, class lectures, and other professorial activities. As universities are considered the marketplace of ideas, radical or new thoughts are bound to emerge from there. The solemn duty of universities is to shape and refine these ideas…