Pry Education up to Class VIII
Submit proposal by Oct 15
Ministry asks sub-committee
A sub-committee on the national education policy implementation has been directed to submit its proposal by October 15, stating strategies for upgrading primary level education up to class VIII from existing class V.
The directive came at a meeting of the national education policy implementation and monitoring committee of the education ministry at the secretariat yesterday, as the sub-committee failed to submit the proposal within nine months of its formation in late January.
At the meeting chaired by Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, another sub-committee (on education act) was asked to come up with its proposal by October 20.
On June 28 last year, the government formed the national education policy committee, which in its first meeting on January 27 this year formed 24 sub-committees to formulate strategies for the implementation within two months. But, none of the committees, including the one on making primary education compulsory up to class VIII, could submit their reports till yesterday.
At yesterday's meeting, the committee also asked the subordinate committees to submit reports without further delay, said a meeting source. The meeting considered infrastructure, money, and human resources as the main obstacles to the implementation of the education policy, he added.
“It is indeed a complex matter to upgrade primary level up to class VIII as it involves huge money and infrastructure. We gave the sub-committee concerned 15 days' time to come up with specific proposal to upgrade primary level”, Nahid said while briefing journalists after the meeting.
The minister said the education act is at final stage and once it is done the anomaly of the laws regarding education will go away.
About media reports on slow pace of the implementation, Nahid said implementation of the education policy did not get stuck. “Education policy is not a mechanical matter that we set it up. It's a guideline by which we will take creative initiatives”, he said.
The minister claimed that many features of the policy have been made effective, making a progress in the education sector. He said they will again sit to discuss the progress soon.
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