Educating street children
Photo: Avik Adnan Siddiqui
I was much heartened by the article on the education of street children by Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan which appeared in your edition of Thursday, June 26. I must congratulate all concerned for drawing our attention to this matter. As a retired schoolmaster, I became quite by chance involved in the teaching of street children when I returned to Bangladesh. Personally, it has been a most rewarding and enriching experience. I would recommend it! Dr. Khan most accurately describes the problems related to the education of these children. I have been warned many times by 'respectable citizens' about the criminal inclinations of these children. However, I have always found them to be as potentially intelligent as any other more privileged children. They are a valuable but neglected national resource and remedies must urgently be sought for society to give them due recognition.
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