Education or discrimination?
Much has been written on the topic of the three-tier education system of our country . Broadly speaking, there are three types of education systems :the mainstream Bangla medium education for the middle class people, the madrassa education for the poor and the English medium schooling for the privileged people. It is said that this division in education adds to the rich- poor gap and sustains social inequality.
Bigotry, snobbery, fundamentalism--many of the ills that pervade the land can be traced back to this class-based education system. It can be said that we have hardly reformed our formal education system which was formulated by the British colonial masters.
As Bangladesh is now a free nation, it should give due emphasis on the question of education system. Otherwise, the gap between the classes will become wider and wider. And this may give rise to many socio-economic problems.
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