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School students face uncertain future

One month of academic year lost

By Masud Arif
The country's Secondary and Higher Secondary eduction face* tough days ahead with 30 days already lost in tire beginning of the academic- year due to indefinite strike of the non government teacher.
Out of around 275 days In the academic year only about 200 days remained excluding the scheduled and weekly holidays.
Besides, there arc several vacaUons during ihc year in the schools, colleges and madrasas for promotion tests to higher secondary levels, tests of SSC and HSC classes summer vacations and others.
Over 17.5 thousand nongovernment schools, colleges and madrasas arc still closed due to the strike of teachers of the non-government institutions of the country.
The non-government leathers' started the indefinite strike from January 18 demanding the Implementation of their 15-point charier of demand including salary raise.
Admission In several sc ho oL* in and out side the capital could not be completed while students of those InstttuUons
were worrying to complete their syllabus for the coming SSC exams.
Test examination for the HSC faced uncertainly because of the boycott by the striking teachers.
While talking to The Daily Star, some principals and school headmasters said that finishing the syllabus would be tough if the strike conUnued.
However, they added that normally Ln the past years "wc could not complete the syllabus smoothly due to the uneasy political situation prevailing during the autocratic regime In the country.'
We hoped not to face such problem this year especially under this democratic government". the teachers added.
The Director of the Secondary Education Mohsinur Rahman Khan told1 The Dally Star that finishing the syllabus would not be so difficult if the classes began within a short time.
He. however, added that the strike of the teachers created ina'ttentlveness to studies among the student.*.
The Director of Higher
Secondary eduction said we would try to make up the gap after the strike was withdrawn'.
Ht felt that some vacations might be shortened to overcome the situation.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Shikhak Samity leader Kamr-uzzaman said that probably they would be able to take two term end examinations out of three as Lire classes in the first term were not held.
He also mentioned that it would be difficult to pay the salary of the teachers as the tuition fees of the students were not collected in due time.
Beside it was reported that classes in some government schools and colleges were not held smoothly. A small number of students were attending the ' classes.
Some school students in the capital told this correspondent that they did not get the booklists as the schools were closed.
"Our school Is not closed but the teachers arc not attending the classes", a class six
school student tn the capital mentioned.
However, he added that I stopped going school when I heard our school peon saying "the classes will not be held ait your teachers are observing! strike'.
'We are passing our days enjoying TV. video playing and gossiping'. he added with joy
While talking to The Dally Star, on HSC student said that they were trying tn finish their syllabus by taking private tu Itton.