<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Central president of Jatiya Chhatra Samaj Md Al Mamun said that the over-years-old structure housing, has not seen any face-lift thereby posing as a major risk to the lives of pupils in view of its deplorable nature. Most of the residential halls of educational institutions are death traps.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Al Mamun made these remarks in a statement sent to the media on Tuesday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>“There is cause for concern. Parents do not know whether or not their children are safe. Most of our schools, colleges, universities and it's residential halls do not follow the required safety standards,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said education is the backbone of the nation but most student residences halls are not safe. Many residential buildings across the country are in a state of collapse at any time.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It is not safe for the students to stay there as earthquakes have been felt several times in the last few months. Al Mamun said that although many infrastructures have been built in the country, but the government is not taking any initiative to renew the old residential halls, which are death traps for students.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the halsl toilets are unusable but students are forced to use them, he said. the attention of the government to make residential halls habitable for students across the country as soon as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd/sk</div>