M M Jasim :
The government is going to introduce pre-primary education for the ethnic minorities in their own language from the next year.
The Ministry also asked the officials concerned to complete arrangements in this regard as early as possible.
The Ministry plans to distribute free books among ethnic students like Chakma, Marma, Garo, Kokborok and Sadri languages.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said,
“The leaders of ethnic minorities have been demanding for long to introduce pre-primary education in their mother tongue. The Ministry is going to meet their demands.”
“We are also planning to provide free books from the next year,” he said.
The Minister also hoped that the books would help the children to learn everything easily as these will be written in their own language.
According to the Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, there are 45 ethnic groups that make up about 1% of the population. Other estimates put the number at around 35. These groups are believed to use 26 distinct languages.
Ethnic communities have long been calling for providing primary education to their children in their mother tongue
Narayan Chandra Saha, Chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board, Bangladesh, told The New Nation that they would print 26,125 books in separate languages. Asked about their content, he said these books were translated from the Bangla texts.
The government is going to introduce pre-primary education for the ethnic minorities in their own language from the next year.
The Ministry also asked the officials concerned to complete arrangements in this regard as early as possible.
The Ministry plans to distribute free books among ethnic students like Chakma, Marma, Garo, Kokborok and Sadri languages.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said,
“The leaders of ethnic minorities have been demanding for long to introduce pre-primary education in their mother tongue. The Ministry is going to meet their demands.”
“We are also planning to provide free books from the next year,” he said.
The Minister also hoped that the books would help the children to learn everything easily as these will be written in their own language.
According to the Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, there are 45 ethnic groups that make up about 1% of the population. Other estimates put the number at around 35. These groups are believed to use 26 distinct languages.
Ethnic communities have long been calling for providing primary education to their children in their mother tongue
Narayan Chandra Saha, Chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board, Bangladesh, told The New Nation that they would print 26,125 books in separate languages. Asked about their content, he said these books were translated from the Bangla texts.
