Edn instts in coastal areas face fund shortage
M M Jasim :
About 85 per cent secondary educational institutions in the coastal areas do not have fund to reform their institutions after damaged by the natural disaster.
At least 80 per cent institutions have no plan to face any probable natural disaster and most of the employers never took training in this regard.
Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS) found this after conducting a survey in the country’s coastal areas in 2018.
A total of 14, 269 secondary educational institutions were affected by the natural disaster in the coastal areas.
BANBEIS survey said, the attendance rate of the students in the coastal areas’ institutions declines after every disaster.
“There are many reasons for poor presence of the students after disaster. Most of the institutions were affected badly and after the tragedy the authorities of the schools and madrasas cannot repair for scarcity of fund. As a result, the students face lack of room and other facilities in the institutions,” it said.
The students also face severe problems on the way to schools and madrasas as most of the roads are damaged due to the disaster. Loosing educational instruments, shifting of their homes, families insolvency, due fees and busy with the family work also force them not to attend classes, the survey said.
Director of BANBEIS Md Fasiullah told The New Nation that the BANBEIS just identified the affected educational institutions by the
natural disaster. So that the government take immediate measurers to repair and re-establish the institutions.
“BANBEIS conducts a survey every year to find out the problems of the affected educational institutions. Most of the institutions become vulnerable after the disaster and loose their capacity to accommodate and ensure congenial atmosphere in the schools and madrasas,” he said.
Mentioning an example of a school named after Syed Mosharef Rashida High School, he said the school was established in 2003. It was a good institutions in the Babuganj upazila of Barishal district. But the school lost its land and other facilities due to river erosion.
Like the Syed Mosharef Rashida High School, hundreds of other educational institutions face natural disaster every year in the coastal areas. only specific information can help the government to restore the institutions, he said.
Founding Chairman of Disaster Science and Management Department of Dhaka University Professor Maksud Kamal said, “Most of the people in the coastal areas are living under poverty. It is necessary to provide extra facilities to the people for sending their children to the educational institutions. But unfortunately we see the unusual scenario.”
“The educational institutions must have sufficient funds and trainings for the employees to face the natural disaster. The movement should allocate special allocation in these institutions to response emergency,” he said.
About 85 per cent secondary educational institutions in the coastal areas do not have fund to reform their institutions after damaged by the natural disaster.
At least 80 per cent institutions have no plan to face any probable natural disaster and most of the employers never took training in this regard.
Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS) found this after conducting a survey in the country’s coastal areas in 2018.
A total of 14, 269 secondary educational institutions were affected by the natural disaster in the coastal areas.
BANBEIS survey said, the attendance rate of the students in the coastal areas’ institutions declines after every disaster.
“There are many reasons for poor presence of the students after disaster. Most of the institutions were affected badly and after the tragedy the authorities of the schools and madrasas cannot repair for scarcity of fund. As a result, the students face lack of room and other facilities in the institutions,” it said.
The students also face severe problems on the way to schools and madrasas as most of the roads are damaged due to the disaster. Loosing educational instruments, shifting of their homes, families insolvency, due fees and busy with the family work also force them not to attend classes, the survey said.
Director of BANBEIS Md Fasiullah told The New Nation that the BANBEIS just identified the affected educational institutions by the
natural disaster. So that the government take immediate measurers to repair and re-establish the institutions.
“BANBEIS conducts a survey every year to find out the problems of the affected educational institutions. Most of the institutions become vulnerable after the disaster and loose their capacity to accommodate and ensure congenial atmosphere in the schools and madrasas,” he said.
Mentioning an example of a school named after Syed Mosharef Rashida High School, he said the school was established in 2003. It was a good institutions in the Babuganj upazila of Barishal district. But the school lost its land and other facilities due to river erosion.
Like the Syed Mosharef Rashida High School, hundreds of other educational institutions face natural disaster every year in the coastal areas. only specific information can help the government to restore the institutions, he said.
Founding Chairman of Disaster Science and Management Department of Dhaka University Professor Maksud Kamal said, “Most of the people in the coastal areas are living under poverty. It is necessary to provide extra facilities to the people for sending their children to the educational institutions. But unfortunately we see the unusual scenario.”
“The educational institutions must have sufficient funds and trainings for the employees to face the natural disaster. The movement should allocate special allocation in these institutions to response emergency,” he said.
