Edn policy sent for PM's nod

15 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

The education ministry sent the much-awaited National Education Policy to the prime minister's office yesterday for approval. "After finalising the policy at the ministry level, we have sent it to the prime minister's office yesterday noon seeking permission of the prime minister to place it before the cabinet. We hope the policy would soon be placed in the cabinet," Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told The Daily Star yesterday. The minister said they have considered opinions of all and people would accept the policy warmly. He also said they would definitely go for implementation this year. The National Education Formulation Committee, headed by National Professor Kabir Chowdhury, on September 2 submitted the draft of the policy to the education minister. The ministry, however, took three months for analysing and reviewing the policy as some religion-based political parties raised objections about few things in the policy. Soon after getting the draft the ministry put the draft online, asking people to post their opinions. It also invited opinions from the academicians and professional bodies. The draft was also sent to 22 ministries concerned and the ministry held many discussions with various organisations, including Muslim religious leaders in this regard. Eight education commissions and committees have been formed since the independence but not a single recommendation of them has been implemented because of lack of political will.