Ramadan & school holidays
For the last few years we are observing that there is heavy movement of traffic in the Dhaka city during the holy month of Ramadan causing an unbearable situation for the commuters. This can be attributed to two main reasons. 1) The shopping spree for the ensuing Eid starts right from the beginning of the month 2) Most of the English medium schools remain open almost throughout the month. A rough estimate has it that more than 10,000 students in the English medium schools like Scholastica, Sunbeams, Sunnydale, Southbreeze , Mastermind, BIT and others move with cars to and from the school. If their movement is totally stopped during this month it will come as a big relief for other citizens. The school authorities, however, can complete their syllabus by adjusting this with summer vacation. Unless this is made mandatory by the government most of these schools will try to follow their own curriculum / academic schedule.
It has, therefore, become imperative on the part of the govt to issue notices to these schools to keep the schools closed during the month of Ramadan.
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