Multimedia classrooms in schools, colleges from June
The government has decided to introduce multimedia classrooms in schools and colleges in the country from June next with a view to ensuring quality education.
“We are going to take initiative to set up modern technology-based multimedia classroom in country's 20,500 schools, colleges and madrasas from next June,” said Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid at the inaugural session of an orientation workshop in the in the city yesterday.
The orientation workshop on 'Multimedia classroom set up and the role of the heads of educational institutions' was organised at the auditorium of the Dhaka Teachers' Training College in the morning.
Chaired by national project director, Access to Information (A2I) Programme of Prime Minister's Office Nazrul Islam Khan, the workshop was addressed by Education Secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury and director general of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Directorate Prof Noman Ur Rashid.
Nahid said the government will set up multimedia classroom in all educational institutions gradually.
The government has already taken up a project of Tk 306 crore to set up multimedia classrooms and to provide training to the teachers of 20,500 educational institutions.
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