Rural schools should be the thrust of education
An important front page report published in a local English daily on December 28, 2012, highlighted the causes behind the education department's ignoring rural schools. I think well over seventy percent of our school and college students come from rural areas. For improve the quality of their education, it is necessary to provide additional financial incentives to rural teachers. This will encourage them to teach near their homes, as well as help their families including parents and dependents. It will also help to improve the overall quality of education in most of the rural schools and colleges. For implementing this, our education department must classify the schools/colleges by their location, for examples, as based in city, upazila or village. The financial allowance will be applicable to the teachers so long as they are based in upazilas or villages. The allowance could be ten percent for upazila and twenty percent for village-based schools/colleges. This allowance should be consistent with government pay scales for city-based teachers. It should also take into account the educational qualifications and experience of the teachers. This fund needed for this additional incentive to teachers should be incorporated in the annual budget.
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