M M Jasim :
About 72 thousand secondary level untrained teachers are taking classes in the county’s educational institutions although it is impossible to make the students accustomed to creative system without teachers’ training.
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics, there are 2,53,553 teachers at secondary level educational institutions in the country. Of them, at least 30 per cent have no training.
As a result, thousands of secondary students are denied quality education.
Top officials at the Education Ministry are worried about the fate of the secondary education after revealing research of the BANBEIS.
A ministry official wishing anonymity told The New Nation: “The ministry is thinking to overcome the situation.”
The educationists are also deeply concerned in this regard and urged the government to take immediate measures to save the secondary education.
Syed Anwar Hussain, supernumerary teacher of History Department at Dhaka University, said the overall education level in the country is not satisfactory.
“Quality education is far from expectation at all levels. We also do not see any fruitful attempt to ensure quality education. If one-third teachers at secondary level are untrained, how quality education will be ensured,” he said.
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Admin) of Dhaka University Professor Akhtaruzzaman said, “Education is the basis of sustainable development. Teachers’ training is a must at all level of our education system. At least-six-month training should be mandatory for a teacher soon after his or her appointment.”
“Teachers must play an important role in creative system education. How will they deliver, if they are not trained,” the pro-VC asked.
According to a report prepared by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) in 2015, about 41 per cent teachers do not have knowledge to prepare creative question paper for examination. About 23 per cent educational institutions take help from the teachers of their near institutions for preparing 1st term and 2nd term examinations. And 16 per cent teachers buy question papers from different agencies.
DSHE Director General Professor SM Wahiduzzaman admitted the matter and said that the government has been trying to overcome all the obstacles to improving quality secondary education.
