Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found that most of the teachers were absent in their respective educational institutions in the port city of Chattogram.
ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Sunday saw it when he visited the institutions.
The ACC Chairman visited three schools of Chattogram receiving complaints that most of the teachers were absent at schools in Chattogram.
About 9:15am, he reached Kattali Nurul Haque Chowdhury Primary School to see with surprise that the students were out of the classrooms and passing their time by consuming snacks at nearby tea stalls during class hours.
He found seven out of eight teachers absent in the school except the acting head master.
Parents vented their anguish and dissatisfaction about their children’s studies to the ACC Chairman.
“No body will be allowed to hamstring our children’s education. Education must be ensured at every classroom. If necessary, the ACC will invoke Section 166 of the Penal Code. No one, who harms or attempts to harm future generations, will be spared,” the ACC Chief said.
Then he visited Bhatiary Government Primary School and found two among 11 teachers absent.
The school authority failed to explain reasons of their absence. Then the chairman checked students’ attendance and there was no roll call till 10am. Students who were present on the previous day were shown present on Sunday. The school authority failed to give any reply in this regard.
At Shitalpur High School, the ACC Chairman expressed his satisfaction knowing that the school authority did not allow any student to sit for SSC examination who did not pass the examination, for selecting candidates of the school for the secondary finals.
But the school allowed the students who did not pass in one or two subjects in Class-IX to be promoted to Class X for Tk 2,000.
ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmud said that this was unfair. ‘Corruption must not take place in educational institutions.’
“None will be spared if any negligence is found. The education policy must be implemented immediately,” ACC Deputy Director in Chattogram Lutful Kabir Chondon said.
The Commission got such scenario after drives against 11 hospitals in different districts including Dhaka on January 21. It found at least 40 per cent doctors were absent in their workplace.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found that most of the teachers were absent in their respective educational institutions in the port city of Chattogram.
ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Sunday saw it when he visited the institutions.
The ACC Chairman visited three schools of Chattogram receiving complaints that most of the teachers were absent at schools in Chattogram.
About 9:15am, he reached Kattali Nurul Haque Chowdhury Primary School to see with surprise that the students were out of the classrooms and passing their time by consuming snacks at nearby tea stalls during class hours.
He found seven out of eight teachers absent in the school except the acting head master.
Parents vented their anguish and dissatisfaction about their children’s studies to the ACC Chairman.
“No body will be allowed to hamstring our children’s education. Education must be ensured at every classroom. If necessary, the ACC will invoke Section 166 of the Penal Code. No one, who harms or attempts to harm future generations, will be spared,” the ACC Chief said.
Then he visited Bhatiary Government Primary School and found two among 11 teachers absent.
The school authority failed to explain reasons of their absence. Then the chairman checked students’ attendance and there was no roll call till 10am. Students who were present on the previous day were shown present on Sunday. The school authority failed to give any reply in this regard.
At Shitalpur High School, the ACC Chairman expressed his satisfaction knowing that the school authority did not allow any student to sit for SSC examination who did not pass the examination, for selecting candidates of the school for the secondary finals.
But the school allowed the students who did not pass in one or two subjects in Class-IX to be promoted to Class X for Tk 2,000.
ACC Chairman Iqbal Mahmud said that this was unfair. ‘Corruption must not take place in educational institutions.’
“None will be spared if any negligence is found. The education policy must be implemented immediately,” ACC Deputy Director in Chattogram Lutful Kabir Chondon said.
The Commission got such scenario after drives against 11 hospitals in different districts including Dhaka on January 21. It found at least 40 per cent doctors were absent in their workplace.
