Madrasa Student Dies in Thakurgaon's Baliadangi amid Fear of Failing Selection Test
A madrasa student named Morjina Akter (16) has died by suicide in Baliadangi, Thakurgaon, amid fears of failing the Dakhil selection test, her family said. On Friday afternoon, police recovered her body from her bedroom at her home in Beltola village of Boro Palashbari union in the upazila.
Morjina Akter was the daughter of day labourer Mojibor Rahman of the area. She was a Dakhil candidate at the local Boro Palashbari Islamic Fazil Madrasa.
Morjina's uncle Abdullah said, 'I had returned home from the mosque after prayers when I heard screams and rushed there. Then I saw she had hanged herself. Morjina had been sitting exams for several days. She kept saying that if she failed this time, the teachers would not let her fill up the form. She was very worried about it.'
Her father Mojibor Rahman said, 'My daughter was good at her studies. I loved her very much. She had been upset because her exams had been going badly for a few days. I consoled her—nothing will happen. But she did not listen.'
Kusum Uddin, principal of Boro Palashbari Islamic Fazil Madrasa, said, 'Our selection test has ended. The results have not been published yet. Even if she failed, what is the problem—she could sit the exam again; there is that opportunity.'
Baliadangi police station inspector (investigation) Abdul Hakim said, 'As the family had no objection, permission was given to bury the body.'
