City Desk :
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain lauded the initiatives taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the education sector and said that the government under her dynamic leadership is taking the sector forward.
“Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman believed that education is the key to overall development and prosperity of the nation. That’s why he nationalized 36,165 schools and 1,57,724 teachers.
Following this, his worthy daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina nationalized 26,193 private schools including teachers,” he said this recently while speaking at a review meeting, said a press release. The state minister was addressing a meeting to review the achievements of Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSK) Phase-II at LGED building in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, jointly organized by LGED and DPE.
“The government has been providing various trainings to teachers including distribution of free textbooks to improve the quality of primary education.
Cooked food and high nutritional rich biscuits are being served among the needy students in poor areas with the aim of increasing the mental development and physical nutrition of the students,” he said.
Mentioning that the ‘ROSK’ Project has created a second education opportunity and provided technical education to the children of the poorest families who have not been able to complete the primary education cycle, Zakir said, “In future, this project will create entrepreneurs who will create their own employment as well as the employment for others.”
The state minister further said that, “In order to maintain the continuity of primary education activities in spite of the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic situation, ‘Ghore Bose Shikhi’ lessons are being conducted through Sangsad Bangladesh Television with the aim of keeping the students focused on their studies and lessons in compliance with hygiene norms as well as Bangladesh Betar and all community radios.”
“Online classes have already started through Zoom and Google Meet and work is underway to deliver worksheets to students from door to door”, the state minister added, added the release.
The meeting was chaired by Md Abdur Rashid Khan, Chief Engineer, Department of Local Government Engineering.
Director General of the Department of Primary Education Alamgir Md Mansurul Alam, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Ratan Chandra Pandit and ROSK Project Director Md Mahbub Hasan Shahin addressed the meeting.