Sylhet Correspondent :
Pry education in the Sylhet district has been facing setback due to shortage of teachers, deplorable condition of school buildings, poverty of students and poor infrastructure facilities.
About 80 buildings of primary schools in 13 upazilas are in deplorable condition and may collapse anytime. The students and teachers of these dilapidated buildings are compelled to go to their classes and perform duties on the outside tin-shed rooms or under the open sky.
When contacted Md.Nurul Islam, District Primary Education Officer, said, “We have informed the higher concerned authorities about the condition of the school buildings for several times, but any development is yet to be seen”.
When visiting the 2no Paschimbhag Government Primary school in Dakshin Surma upazila of the district, this correspondent found that about 300 children are continuing their studies in a tin-shed house due to the deplorable condition of their school building.
Anam uddin , head teacher of the school, said, the school building has been declared abandoned or rejected four years ago, but any development is yet to be noticed.
Besides, the condition of most of the school buildings of the char areas is deplorable. High prices of paper and other educational appliances are also laundering education of a large number of children, some guardians said.
A large number of schools have been damaged in recent flood and storms, but no repairing is yet to be noticed.
Classes of many schools of the areas are being held under the open sky. Most of the schools have no tube-wells causing water crisis, and the students suffer badly.
Besides, the ratio of teachers and students has not been maintained in the government primary schools. Some schools in the Sylhet city and upazila headquarters have surplus teachers while in rural areas, the schools need requisite number of teachers.
The locals complained that primary education is facing setback in the district due to shortage of teachers and poverty of the students. It is learnt from the source of District Primary Education Office,
Meanwhile, the number of dropouts from the primary schools is increasing in the district due to poverty of the guardians. According to a competent source, a large number of children belonging to the age group of 8 and 12 years are engaged in odd jobs for earning their livelihood instead of attending school as their poverty-stricken parents are unable to support them.
Babul Majhi, a farmer of Adittopur under Balaganj upazila told this correspondent that he has four children, but he cannot meet their education expenses. For this reason, they do not go to school. The poor farmers find little incentive in educating their children; so they are engaging their children in income-generating works like cattle grazing and rickshaw pulling.
The children sell their labour for poor wages, and they are subject to ill-treatment and harassment by their masters.
They are to endure oppression for the sake of survival, some parents alleged.
Besides, the children of river devoured areas cannot go to schools properly as they have to migrate to another places for living.
According to field sources, the marginal and landless farmers of char areas have four to six children. Due to financial hardship, they cannot feed their children properly. In this circumstance, the question of educating their children does not arise.
District Primary Education Officer (DPEO), Nurul Islam said, “We are trying to protect children from dropout, and we are very much careful about this. The government has taken some initiatives to encourage the children to go to school.
Pry education in the Sylhet district has been facing setback due to shortage of teachers, deplorable condition of school buildings, poverty of students and poor infrastructure facilities.
About 80 buildings of primary schools in 13 upazilas are in deplorable condition and may collapse anytime. The students and teachers of these dilapidated buildings are compelled to go to their classes and perform duties on the outside tin-shed rooms or under the open sky.
When contacted Md.Nurul Islam, District Primary Education Officer, said, “We have informed the higher concerned authorities about the condition of the school buildings for several times, but any development is yet to be seen”.
When visiting the 2no Paschimbhag Government Primary school in Dakshin Surma upazila of the district, this correspondent found that about 300 children are continuing their studies in a tin-shed house due to the deplorable condition of their school building.
Anam uddin , head teacher of the school, said, the school building has been declared abandoned or rejected four years ago, but any development is yet to be noticed.
Besides, the condition of most of the school buildings of the char areas is deplorable. High prices of paper and other educational appliances are also laundering education of a large number of children, some guardians said.
A large number of schools have been damaged in recent flood and storms, but no repairing is yet to be noticed.
Classes of many schools of the areas are being held under the open sky. Most of the schools have no tube-wells causing water crisis, and the students suffer badly.
Besides, the ratio of teachers and students has not been maintained in the government primary schools. Some schools in the Sylhet city and upazila headquarters have surplus teachers while in rural areas, the schools need requisite number of teachers.
The locals complained that primary education is facing setback in the district due to shortage of teachers and poverty of the students. It is learnt from the source of District Primary Education Office,
Meanwhile, the number of dropouts from the primary schools is increasing in the district due to poverty of the guardians. According to a competent source, a large number of children belonging to the age group of 8 and 12 years are engaged in odd jobs for earning their livelihood instead of attending school as their poverty-stricken parents are unable to support them.
Babul Majhi, a farmer of Adittopur under Balaganj upazila told this correspondent that he has four children, but he cannot meet their education expenses. For this reason, they do not go to school. The poor farmers find little incentive in educating their children; so they are engaging their children in income-generating works like cattle grazing and rickshaw pulling.
The children sell their labour for poor wages, and they are subject to ill-treatment and harassment by their masters.
They are to endure oppression for the sake of survival, some parents alleged.
Besides, the children of river devoured areas cannot go to schools properly as they have to migrate to another places for living.
According to field sources, the marginal and landless farmers of char areas have four to six children. Due to financial hardship, they cannot feed their children properly. In this circumstance, the question of educating their children does not arise.
District Primary Education Officer (DPEO), Nurul Islam said, “We are trying to protect children from dropout, and we are very much careful about this. The government has taken some initiatives to encourage the children to go to school.
