Save our children
Nowadays students from KG-II to A-level and also students of Bengali medium schools have to study a lot of books. Even children have to study from early morning till 11:00 pm which is putting tremendous psychological pressure on their mind. My son reads in class I and it is very difficult even for me to lift his school bag. There is almost no way but to hire private teachers for the children for good results. In this way education has become extremely expensive for children.
Regarding English medium education, I would like to mention that students of even English-spoken countries do not have such vast syllabus that our students have. Certainly, nowadays students have to study too many subjects unnecessarily. I do not understand why schools are putting so much mental pressure on our children. What is more horrible is that our children are becoming individualistic due to not having time to give to their family members and friends. Thus, they are drifting away from the main objective of education.
To solve these problems we need to 1) reduce syllabus, 2) increase teachers' salary, 3) ban private teaching, 4) ensure better education in all academic institutions and 5) introduce same syllabus in order to reduce social discrimination.
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