M M Jasim :
The government will set up 13 new residential secondary schools and 81 hostels in the three hill districts to stop drop out of students, sources in the education ministry said.
An amount of Tk 8,06,54,52,000 has been allocated for implementation of these projects, sources said.
The ministry sources said that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) directed the Education Ministry to setup residential schools and hostels for the students of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachhari districts to ensure secondary education for all.
The PMO also asked the ministry to make a plan to complete the project smoothly within a short time.
Meanwhile, the officials of education ministry sat with the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) in this regard. Out 81 hostels, 26 will be setup for the new institutions, 35 for 19 government high schools and the rest 20 for 10 non-government model high schools, an official said.
The schools and hostels will be constructed considering the people and school bound students’ ratio, number of primary schools, the socio economic condition of the people and distance.
Some 39 hostels will be constructed with a capacity of 200 students each while 42 other with a capacity of 150 students.
A S Mahmud, acting secretary, education ministry, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered them to setup the residential schools considering the students’ problems in the hilly regions.
It may be mentioned that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the education ministry to setup schools and hostels on August 31 in 2014.
