Primary education
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It goes without saying that primary education is the foundation of all levels of education as it, in most of the cases, stimulates the latent talent of the young minds to come out and patronizes the immense potential among them. The better the quality of education at primary level, the better the overall scenario of education. That is to say, it deserves due importance as well as nourishment. And that is what almost all the developed countries of the world did, shedding as much light on this sector as needed. But regrettably enough, primary education as well as the teachers concerned have been a neglected issue as far as successive governments after the War of Liberation are concerned. And the matters, to be honest, relating to the welfare of the sector have never seemed to have been in the domain of discussion of our policy makers. Formulation of a standard education policy particularly at the primary level is still a far cry. So is the development of infrastructure. Many schools, as it is often found in newspapers and other media, go without minimum number of teachers, let alone skilled ones. We are also accustomed to seeing classes taking place in the sun due to lack of infrastructure. Primary teachers, we firmly believe, are the lifeblood for ensuring quality education. Living in a country with high illiteracy rate we can't expect most of our people to be conscious enough to take care of their children's education. So, naturally dependency on teachers is acute. It is observed that the teachers, no doubt, are doing their level best in this regard. But from time immemorial, they have always been ill-paid and ill-treated. Their interests are never taken into account and the remuneration being paid is too little an amount to meet their personal demands, let alone their family members. On top of that, proper training to them is hardly provided to ensure a better standard of education. The fragile condition in this sensitive sector has been blamed to be the root cause of our failure in ensuring world-class education. Things must change for the better.
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