M M Jasim :
About four lakh secondary level students have been dropped out in last two years, Education Ministry sources said.
According to academics, financial problem, social deterioration and erroneous education system are behind the drop out.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said that his ministry has been trying to reduce the drop out. “We hope the number of drop out students will be reduced in future,” he said.
“We don’t want drop out of a single student. That is why we have taken many initiatives to check it. We give scholarship to meritorious students. Scholarship is given to 40 percent female students. The students of under-privileged, river erosion, haor and hill tracts areas are given more scholarship,” Nahid said.
According to the Education Ministry, as many as 21,14,222 students registered in Class XI under 2016-17 session. But a total of 17,39,573 students registered to sit for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under ten education boards this year. As a result, the number of drop out students is 3,74,649.
The maximum number of students dropped out is in Comilla Board. A total of 2,10,745 students were in Class IX. Of them 1,36,770 students registered for the SSC examination. Of them, 73,975 students were dropped out.
In Dhaka Board, the number of drop out students is 50,413, in Rajshahi Board 22,489, in Jessore
Board 32,976, in Chittagong Board 17,133, in Barisal Board 12,458, in Sylhet Board 18,931 and in Dinajpur Board 17,262.
A total of 2,95,492 students admitted in Class IX. Of them, 2,37,294 students registered for the Dhakhil examination. As a result, the number of drop out students is 58,198.
In Technical Education Board, a total of 97,834 students registered for the SSC examination out of 1, 58,648 students. The number of drop out students is 60,814.
Professor Shahan Ara Begum, Principal of Motijheel Ideal School and College, said it is more difficult to pass the final examination in Class IX. That is why some students drop out from their regular batches.
“The guardians arrange marriage of their daughters in the rural areas. Some students go for wage due to hardship in their families. The internet addiction also influences the students for their drop out,” she said.
Professor Abdul Khalek, Chairman of Comilla Board, said the Education Ministry directed that no student would be allowed to register for the SSC examination if they failed in the school test (test taken before SSC central examination by the school). It is also cause for dropping out the students, he said.
About four lakh secondary level students have been dropped out in last two years, Education Ministry sources said.
According to academics, financial problem, social deterioration and erroneous education system are behind the drop out.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said that his ministry has been trying to reduce the drop out. “We hope the number of drop out students will be reduced in future,” he said.
“We don’t want drop out of a single student. That is why we have taken many initiatives to check it. We give scholarship to meritorious students. Scholarship is given to 40 percent female students. The students of under-privileged, river erosion, haor and hill tracts areas are given more scholarship,” Nahid said.
According to the Education Ministry, as many as 21,14,222 students registered in Class XI under 2016-17 session. But a total of 17,39,573 students registered to sit for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations under ten education boards this year. As a result, the number of drop out students is 3,74,649.
The maximum number of students dropped out is in Comilla Board. A total of 2,10,745 students were in Class IX. Of them 1,36,770 students registered for the SSC examination. Of them, 73,975 students were dropped out.
In Dhaka Board, the number of drop out students is 50,413, in Rajshahi Board 22,489, in Jessore
Board 32,976, in Chittagong Board 17,133, in Barisal Board 12,458, in Sylhet Board 18,931 and in Dinajpur Board 17,262.
A total of 2,95,492 students admitted in Class IX. Of them, 2,37,294 students registered for the Dhakhil examination. As a result, the number of drop out students is 58,198.
In Technical Education Board, a total of 97,834 students registered for the SSC examination out of 1, 58,648 students. The number of drop out students is 60,814.
Professor Shahan Ara Begum, Principal of Motijheel Ideal School and College, said it is more difficult to pass the final examination in Class IX. That is why some students drop out from their regular batches.
“The guardians arrange marriage of their daughters in the rural areas. Some students go for wage due to hardship in their families. The internet addiction also influences the students for their drop out,” she said.
Professor Abdul Khalek, Chairman of Comilla Board, said the Education Ministry directed that no student would be allowed to register for the SSC examination if they failed in the school test (test taken before SSC central examination by the school). It is also cause for dropping out the students, he said.
