Police attacked and detained several students as a group of students took to the streets again on Tuesday demanding deferment of Higher Secondary Certificate examinations and protesting at police attacks and detention of several protesters on Monday.

Meanwhile, about the students’ demand, education minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said there was no scope of deferring the HSC exams scheduled to start on August 17.

While briefing media at the International Mother Language Institute, the minister made the announcement amid the protests in the Dhaka city and in some other places.

She urged the protesting students to return to home and focus on their studies.

The education minister, however, said that the ICT examination will be held on 75 marks instead of 100 marks and questionnaire would be easy.

Earlier on Monday, the protesting students put blockades at Shahbagh, Nilkhet and Science Lab crossings to press their demand home.

The students claimed that they did not get sufficient time for taking exam preparations, many students are also infected by dengue.

They also demanded scrapping exam on Information, Communication and Technology subject.

Thy demanded that the HSC examinations should be postponed for two months or there should be 50 marks’ examinations instead of 100 marks per subject.

Police on Monday removed students from the Shahbgah crossing by charging batons and detaining several students.

The agitating students on Tuesday gathered TSC area of Dhaka University and later marched towards Shahbagh crossing by covering the face with black cloth.

Police stopped the students in front of Shahbagh police station and later charged batons and assaulted them.

Abdullah Al Sajib, an HSC examinee from Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, said that they had only 16 months, while students got two years for preparation in the previous years.

He said that many students were dengue infected and could not take preparation properly.

The protesters alleged that at least seven students were detained by police.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for Ramna division Ashraf Hossain said that the most of the protesters are not students, rather they have different motive.

He said that they have detained several protesters to scrutinise their identities.

He said that several lakh students are taking preparations for HSC exams while only a few are taking to the streets to create anarchy.

‘We have interrogated some detrained and they are giving contradictory information and cannot show their academic identity,’ said the police officer.