Primary education
After assuming power, the Awami League government is considering expanding primary education up to grade VIII. We know that all the primary schools are now up to grade V and most of the schools are government schools, while the secondary education is just the opposite, most of the secondary schools are non-government.
We know the standard of the government primary schools. The students of the government primary schools come from the less privileged families, particularly in the big cities. Even the children of the teachers of government primary schools do not study in their schools.
A huge amount of money will be needed to expand primary education up to grade VIII. Some extra rooms have to be constructed and some new teachers will have to be recruited and some more things have to be done in this regard.
For ensuring quality primary education, the government itself and a lot of NGOs including BRAC, Plan Bangladesh are working. But matters have not improved much. I would like to draw the attention of the education minister and the authorities concerned to this issue. They should think deeply before upgrading primary education up to grade VIII.
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