Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Wednesday urged all the college students affiliated with DU to stop demonstrations and go back to their classrooms, assuring their demands would be dealt with in due time as new universities cannot be founded simply through "instant orders".

The interim government is working to restore order in the education sector after years of mismanagement, and against this backdrop, multiple street demonstrations within just over two months are complicating efforts, Wahiduddin Mahmud said in a statement addressing the protesting students.

On Wednesday, students of seven colleges affiliated with the University of Dhaka (DU) blocked the Science Lab intersection for the second day in a row, in a bid to pressurise the government into taking steps for founding a dedicated university for the college students.

Students of Titumir College, one of the seven affiliated colleges, staged a contradictory demonstration at Mohakhali seeking the constitution of a new university only for themselves – and gave the government three days to meet the demand.

Many of the demands by the students of seven colleges are unfair, and at times, even contradictory, the education adviser noted on Wednesday, urging calm.

The government needs at least some time to resolve the problems created by the ousted Awami League regime, Wahiduddin said adding the issues are very difficult to work on. As a former teacher he is sympathetic to the students' fair demands, he noted.

A specialists' committee has already been formed regarding the formation of a stand-alone university for seven colleges, but the committee requires seven weeks to submit a report. Multiple discussions with student representatives have already been held, Wahiduddin added.