Nahid wants govt to double edn budget
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has demanded in parliament that the government double the allocation in education sector. "Countries around the world allocate at least six percent of their Gross Domestic Product for education sector, but in our country it is only 2.3 percent," Nahid said.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on June 9 proposed Tk 19,837 crore in the sector for the next fiscal year.
Speaking on the budget discussion that began yesterday, Nahid said: “Even all the African countries allocate more than five percent of their GDP in education sector. Countries like Senegal and Kenya allocate 40 and 35 percent of their GDP for the sector."
The education minister said his ministry is working to make science education attractive to draw more students.
Expressing concern over the fall in numbers of science students in schools and colleges, he said building a modern society is impossible without the knowledge of science.
Nahid said his ministry has taken steps to set up multimedia system in 20,500 schools to ensure that the students learn through modern technology.
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, State Minister for Public Works and Housing Abdul Mannan Khan, Awami League MP Reza Ali Khan and Jatiya Party MP Mujibur Rahman, among others, took part in the discussion.
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