Staff Reporter :
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principals the draft of “The Bangladesh Shishu Academy Bill, 2018,” with some changes in the existing law.
It was approved at the weekly Cabinet meeting in the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said, the draft bill is the updated version of the existing Bangladesh Shishu Academy Ordinance 1976, which was promulgated during the military regime.
He said, “In the draft bill, the post of director of Bangladesh Shishu Academy has been upgraded to Director General, who will be a fulltime official.”
Shafiul Alam said, the governance and administration of this academy will be entrusted with a 17-member management board headed by a chairman.
The other members will be Director Generals of Bangla Academy, Shilpakala Academy and Shishu Academy, Dean of Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University, Joint Secretary-level representative each from Women and Children Affairs Ministry, Finance Division, Social Welfare Ministry, Information Ministry, Cultural Affairs Ministry, Primary and Mass Education Ministry, Health Services Division, Shishu Kalyan Parishad and ICT Division and four specialised persons, including at least two women, to be appointed by the government for their special contributions to development of children.
The Cabinet Secretary said a new provision has been incorporated in the clause No 8 of the draft bill to confer fellowship titled ‘honorary fellow’ to the persons involved in flourishing children by their outstanding contribution to education, language, literature, Arts and culture, sciences and society.
Shafiul Alam said the headquarters of the academy will be in Dhaka, its branches can be set up in divisional cities on the government’s permission.
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principals the draft of “The Bangladesh Shishu Academy Bill, 2018,” with some changes in the existing law.
It was approved at the weekly Cabinet meeting in the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said, the draft bill is the updated version of the existing Bangladesh Shishu Academy Ordinance 1976, which was promulgated during the military regime.
He said, “In the draft bill, the post of director of Bangladesh Shishu Academy has been upgraded to Director General, who will be a fulltime official.”
Shafiul Alam said, the governance and administration of this academy will be entrusted with a 17-member management board headed by a chairman.
The other members will be Director Generals of Bangla Academy, Shilpakala Academy and Shishu Academy, Dean of Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University, Joint Secretary-level representative each from Women and Children Affairs Ministry, Finance Division, Social Welfare Ministry, Information Ministry, Cultural Affairs Ministry, Primary and Mass Education Ministry, Health Services Division, Shishu Kalyan Parishad and ICT Division and four specialised persons, including at least two women, to be appointed by the government for their special contributions to development of children.
The Cabinet Secretary said a new provision has been incorporated in the clause No 8 of the draft bill to confer fellowship titled ‘honorary fellow’ to the persons involved in flourishing children by their outstanding contribution to education, language, literature, Arts and culture, sciences and society.
Shafiul Alam said the headquarters of the academy will be in Dhaka, its branches can be set up in divisional cities on the government’s permission.
