‘Govt wants to invest most in education sector’
Primary and Mass Education State Minister Bobby Hajjaj said that investment in the education sector will increase further. We want to take the education budget to 5 percent of the GDP. Activities are underway to bring all necessary changes, starting from infrastructure to technology, wherever changes are needed.
He said these things while visiting Mokampunji Government Primary School in Jaintapur Upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday.
When the State Minister reached the school, the young students of the small ethnic group Khanshia community warmly welcomed him by wearing traditional Khanshia paan-supari garlands. About 90 percent of the school’s students are from the Khanshia community and tea-worker families.
During the visit, the State Minister visited each classroom of the school.
He participated in the teaching of the students, exchanged views with them in an atmosphere of laughter and joy, and inquired about the quality of education and education of the students.
At that time, the State Minister responded positively to the demand of the school’s guardians and locals for the construction of a new academic building and assured to consider the matter seriously.
The State Minister said that there is currently no plan to nationalise any private primary school.
However, all educational institutions in the country will be brought under the government’s policies and regulatory framework. He said that by 2028, all educational institutions will have to be operated under the prescribed policies on a mandatory basis.
Regarding the acquisition of basic skills in Bengali and English by primary students, he said that new evaluation methods and guidelines have been formulated to ensure teacher training, classroom-based evaluation and foundational learning.
A long workshop has already been held with administrative officials in Sylhet division and this program will be completed nationwide by August 17. He also said that necessary instructions have been given to the concerned officials to ensure teaching in the classroom according to the prescribed standards.
Present at the inspection ceremony were Divisional Deputy Director (Acting) Primary Education Sylhet Saiful Islam, Sylhet District Primary Education Officer Shakhawat Ershad, Assistant Director (Training) of the Primary Education Department Dhaka Abdul Alim, Jaintapur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sunanda Roy, Assistant Police Superof Kanaighat Circle Salman Nur Alam, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Md. Monirul Islam.
President of Jaintapur Press Club Golam Sarwar Belal, Investigation Inspector of Jaintapur Model Police Station Al Amin Mir, Former Chairman of Jaintapur Union No. 2 Haji Alamgir Hossain, Jaintapur Upazila Education Officer (Acting) Md. Julhas, Headmaster of the school Ajmal Ali and President of the Governing Body Imam Uddin along with local dignitaries. After the State Minister, he inspected Telijuri Government Primary School and other government schools.
