Pry schools to get internet
Says Prime Minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday laid emphasis on fixing timing of schools in the rural areas on the basis of respective climate and socio-economic conditions.
The suggestion came when a delegation of Bangladesh Government Primary School Teachers Association met her at her office.
On strong demand from the association leaders, the premier agreed for observance of the Primary Teachers' Job Nationalisation Day on July 1, the day when their service was nationalised in 1973.
She sought suggestions from teachers for fixing the best timing for schools suitable both for the teachers and students.
Hasina also declared that as a part of the digital Bangladesh plan, every primary school will get laptop and computers with internet facilities.
She sought cooperation from the teachers to implement social programmes like vaccination, tree plantation and environment conservation.
New schools will be built in 1,500 villages and old school buildings will be renovated, said Hasina.
She said school management committee, guardians and local elite people should be involved in implementing the school feeding programme.
Only government allocation will not make the programme a success. All have to be involved in the programme. Government funding cannot be a permanent solution, she said.
“When all will have sense of belonging to a work, the work will be successful,” she added.
Hasina called upon the primary school teachers to play an effective role beyond academic classes in moulding the character of students.
Referring to her government efforts to free the nation from the curse of illiteracy, she said a National Education Policy has been formulated providing education up to class eight under primary school.
She said in the new education policy, emphasis was given on vocational training along with general education for creating self-employment opportunity. Teachers will be trained for improving the standard of education.
She said to stop drop out, the government is providing textbooks up to secondary level free of cost and a total of 19 crore books were distributed this year.
More than 23 crore text books will be distributed next year. This shows dropouts are decreasing, she said.
The teachers submitted a memorandum of demands to the prime minister including establishing Government Primary Teachers' Welfare Fund and giving them a land for establishing office and a research centre.
Hasina said there should be a welfare trust fund for the government primary teachers.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Amin, State Minister Md Motahar Hossain and Chief Adviser of Government Primary Teachers Association and lawmaker Zobeda Khatun Parul also spoke at the function.
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