Young Rohingya leave Bangladesh camps for university dream

the japan times
By Agnes Anya
AFP-Jiji
Dec 4, 2023

Rohingya refugee Abdur Rahaman at a temporary Indonesian immigration shelter in Lhokseumawe, in Aceh province. | AFP-Jiji

Lhokseumawe, Indonesia –

Muhammed Hasson said a painful goodbye to his parents in a refugee camp in Bangladesh before embarking on a dangerous sea journey, refusing to let Myanmar's crackdown six years ago on Rohingyas like him crush his dream of attending university.

Cox’s Bazar pvt university suspends ‘Rohingya girl’

daily Observer

Sunday, 8 September, 2019,
Observer Online Desk

Cox’s Bazar International University has suspended a girl student following media reports that she belongs to the Rohingya community. DrAbulKashem, Vice Chancellor of the university, said the authorities have decided to suspend LLB(Hons) student Rahima Akhter alias Rahi Khushi following media reports identifying her as a Rohingya girl. A three-member probe committee was formed on Saturday asking it to submit a report within seven days, the VC added, reports UNB.

University hails Japan for helping empower Asian women

The Japan News
March 16, 2019

By Ikuko Higuchi / Japan News Staff Writer Japan was hailed by the Asian University for Women’s vice chancellor, Prof. Nirmala Rao, for helping make such a success of the university at an AUW fundraising event at the Tokyo American Club in the capital’s Minato Ward on Thursday.

“The first support group (for the university) was Japan’s, and it makes the largest contribution,” said Prof. Rao in her speech at the event. “Today, 38 percent of AUW’s entire budget comes from Japan.”

According to Prof. Rao, more than 800 students of 17 countries and 35 ethnicities, including Rohingya refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar, are currently enrolled at AUW. The majority of the students, 72 percent, are on full scholarship from the university, funded by foundations and businesses in the United States, Europe and Asia.