Staff Reporter :
Professor Emiratus of Dhaka University Dr Anisuzzaman on Wednesday branded the Primary Education Competition examination as inconvenient for the children.
“We have been asking to decrease examinations’ pressure on the children. The department did not follow our instruction, rather it added examination for the 5th graders. It is unexpected and would not bring good result,” Dr Anisuzzaman said.
He said this at a discussion, titled “To Search Children Friendly Society” held in the Seminar Room of the Shilpakola Academy on Wednesday.
Sohojpath, a child based social organization, organised the discussion.
“The country’s education sector is passing through critical juncture. Every student is in race to achieve first position, but not to gather knowledge. The examination based education is now causing destruction of knowledge. It should be stopped immediately,” Professor Anisuzzaman said.
He said, “We want a child friendly education. We want joy with education where sports, dance, songs and fine arts are available. The government must ensure it, otherwise quality education and skilled manpower are not possible.”
Professor Emeritus of Brac University Monzur Ahmed said, Bangladesh violates International Children Rights Convention-1989 by ignoring children’s rights in the education sector.
He also demanded to form a commission for the teachers like Public Service Commission.
Professor Shahin Islam of Education and Counseling Department of Dhaka University said, the curriculum should be built considering the children’s mind.
Associate Editor of the daily Prothom Ali Anisul Haque said, “We search a child friendly society. Every child has different probabilities. We have to find out it. We must impart knowledge to them what actually they want.”
Nurunnahar Nupur, who works for physically challenged children, said, the children learn from their families, surroundings and institutions. But every sector’s learning is different. The children are in hesitation.”
She said, it is enough to destroy the children as well as the state if they are imparted erroneous knowledge. “There is no need to destroy a country by the bomb, just give chance to the students to forge in the examination centre. As a result, the future physicians will kill the patients, the engineers will build risky building, the advocates will stand by the criminals and the teachers will provide wrong knowledge.”
The Convener of Sohojpatth Journalist Abdul Momen, Secretary Belal Siddique, Subash Singha Roy and writer Parvej Hossain addressed the function, among others.
