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Download PDF The chief adviser has asked the education adviser to start work for establishing at least some model schools in rural areas in 2007-2008 fiscal year as part of the government’s plan to reduce disparity in the quality of education between rural and urban areas.
Fakhruddin Ahmed issued the urgent directive to begin operation of those schools within the shortest possible time even after a hurried initiative was taken by the education ministry for establishing quality schools in 326 upazila headquarters.
‘We also don’t want a division [between cities and villages],’ wrote the chief adviser to Ayub Quadri, the education adviser, in a letter on June 16, following a New Age editorial that criticised the discriminatory system of education.
Fakhruddin, in a letter dated April 10 to Quadri, observed, ‘Quality schools are now mostly in urban areas and it creates discrimination in schooling between urban and rural areas.’
‘Take steps to set up some quality schools in upazila headquarters and villages where students from poor families will get priority in enrolment and will be provided with special scholarship,’ said the letter.
In reply, the education ministry in the last week of April sent a summary to the chief adviser suggesting some alternatives including nationalisation of 326 non-government schools in upazila headquarters.
There are no government secondary schools in 326 out of the 517 upazilas across Bangladesh. There are now 317 government secondary schools in only 191 upazilas.
June 25th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Dr.Fakaruddin’s ardent initiative in setting up Model schools in rural areas will receive hearty welcom from poor, disadvantaged villager.
This reminds me of Shahid Ziaur Rahman(may his soul rest in peace).
We met him on his visit to Kuwait, where my wife
was being requested by a number of people present there to seek his assistance to set up the first Bangladeshi School, there.
His enquiring eyes caught my wife & he himself approached my wife & asked what she was about to say.
On my wife’s request, he wasted no time in calling the then Ambassador to help set up the Bangaldeshi School.Within a month School was inagurated there. I see the same spirit with Dr Fakar Uddin a peopl’s leader.
I pray to ALLAH for his continued success!
Thank you,
B.Ahmed
June 25th, 2007 at 5:31 am
Dr Fakhruddin’s thoughts of setting up Model Schools in rural area is a great news for the nations poorest population, Education is the most important part of the lives in our highly populated country. I would urge Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed to bring systematical change in our secondary schools often influenced by the political leaders or party, which create fundamentally destructed to our education system.
Bangladesh education system falls below according to our neighbouring countries, their students are way forwarding to the future but in Bangladesh our students are primarily active in political activity then educated them selves.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I agree with mukul.There is far too much politics in educational institutions such as BUET and Dhaka University.
I also want to highlight another big problem which is not being addressed.The classrooms size is way too big in maany schools of Dhaka.I heard there are sometimes over 70 students in classroom which is unheard of from where I come(UAE).
My cousin said she never learns anything from going to school.All she learns is through private tutoring and she only goes to school to be able to sit for the SSC and HSC.I think the government should address this problem because this has many economical problems.