School inspection
Regarding the primary school inspections, I am reminded of a story, which my grandfather narrated to me, some seven decades ago.
In the village Amda (PS Porsha in the then Dinajpur district, now in Naogaon) there was a small primary school. Now to reach this village, one had to traverse twenty four miles of muddy and uneven roads (nearest railhead was that far) by horse or by bullock cart (twelve hours of back breaking journey).
One fine morning, the English District Magistrate, arrived to inspect the inaccessible village school, to find out how this school was faring. For this he had his own way. The District Magistrate went to class II of the school. He asked the class, “Dinajpur Zilai, baro anna, fasal hoile, eksho gane, kato fasal hoibe” (If in terms of rupees and annas, the rice production is twelve annas, then in terms of percentage, what shall it be). Several students raised their hands and replied that it is 75%. The Englishman entered in the school order book, “A very good school”.
Now with the present metalled roads, the village can be reached form Dhaka in about eight hours or so.
As of now there are primary schools in every village in the country, with some exceptions. For inspecting the primary schools, there are the Upazila Education officer/ Assistant Upazila Education Officers. This being so it is hoped that all the schools are cared for adequately. The quality of education would clearly be reflected by the performance of the students in different examinations.
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