The deadlock has still been prevailing on the Marine Fisheries Academy (MFA), Chittagong campus after the institute was closed sine die on June 29 following police attack on the cadets.
The authorities closed the academy after the police attack on the cadets while they were staging a demonstration at their hostel block on the night of June 14.
Over 100 cadets were injured in the police attack.
Education of the cadets has become uncertain since the incident as there is no initiative to reopen the academy.
The cadets said they launched a movement demanding Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) which is necessary for boarding the oceangoing vessels.
They said though according to the admission guide the authority is bound to give CDC but all of a sudden the institution stopped issuing CDC which made them frustrated.
The cadets and their guardians said principal of the institute is responsible for the situation.
They sought help of prime minister and the ministry concerned to end the deadlock, fulfilling their demands.
MFA sources said the institution started its journey in 1973 under the supervision of the then agriculture minister Abdur Rab Serniabat with a view to producing trained cadets in the maritime as well as fisheries sector.
The academy was established to provide navigators, marine engineers and processing technologists in the sector.
About 173 cadets under three departments -- Nautical, Marine engineering and Marine Fisheries -- are studying at the academy on a beautiful landscape of 10 acres of land adjacent to the southern bank of the river Karnaphuli in the port city.
The academy has facilities for the cadets like Marine Fisheries Museum and two marine workshops enriched with instruments.
The cadets said a gazette of the shipping ministry issued on February 13 in 2011 has made many obstacles to their career.
They said they informed the matter to Principal Captain ATGM Sarkar and he assured them of solving the problem after discussion with higher authorities and the ministry concerned. But the minister told them that he was not informed about it, they alleged.
The cadets started boycott of classes and examinations and non-stop sit-in programme from June 12 protesting it and demanding CDC.
Sources said the cadets already met Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas on June 20 and the minister assured them of solving the problem.
They also met Rashed Khan Menon, president of the standing committee on education ministry, in this regard.
The cadets said Haque and Brothers, a private company, issues Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) to the persons on commercial basis, with permission from Mercantile Maritime Department (MMD) after ending a six months to one year short course.
They said they have proper and enough training after completion of three-year academic life but not getting CDC and other facilities.
“One can get a CDC easily even without proper training from the private institutions like Haque and Sons or Shah Marine in exchange for Tk 11 to 15 lakh”, Mirajul Alam, a cadet of Marine Nautical Department said.
Mirajul, a cadet of the 30th batch of Marine Nautical, said he has to pay Tk 2.20 lakh to the authority to complete the course under the academy.
Milan Nath, guardian of a cadet, said his son was admitted to the applied physics department in Chittagong University (CU) with a good result in HSC. His son sacrificed the admission to get admitted to the academy paying course fee of over Tk 70,000.
“I encouraged my son to take admission at the academy because it was mentioned in the admission guide that cadet will get CDC”, Milan said, adding that now future of his son is at stake.
Principal Captain ATGM Sarkar of MFA and its adjutant, however, could not be reached despite repeated attempts over phone for their comments on the situation.