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Clinton to visit BRAC school

By Reaz Ahmad
People of the remote village Joipura are now in a festive mood. School goers beaming with smile are busy finishing rehearsal for the music and dance that they hope Bill Clinton would enjoy.
The US President is scheduled to spend at least 15 minutes at a school at Joipura in Dhamrai thana, some 45 km from the capital, during his March 20 visit to Bangladesh.
Students of the school, run by one of the world s largest non-government organisations. BRAC. are eagerly waiting to welcome the world’s most powerful man on their campus only after four days.
"The boys and girls don’t even want to go home. They stay at the school for the Vfhole day. Tevite pofems. sing and perform dances. These are their preparations to greet Clinton? says Asia Begum, a teacher at the school.
She could not hide her joy as well. Tm so happy that such a dignitary is coming to our
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school. There are so many schools in the country. I must say we are fortunate that the US President will visit to our one."
Asked to express her feeling, a student -- Saraswati—smilingly said. “ I have heard that his (Clinton) daughter is also coming. I’ll sing for her."
Yesterday noon, as the children were busy in rehearsal, a contingent from Bangladesh Army was setting up a makeshift telecommunications control tower near the school.
Not far off. arrangements are being made for press photographers who would cover another event. Clinton is scheduled to sit on a cane stool under a Banyan tree to meet women benefited by loans provided by the Grameen Bank.
Besides, the US President is expected to visit two houses in Joipura village built with Grumman Bank loan.
Joipura is now visited by officials from the US Embassy in Dhaka. USAID and those army, intelligence and other agencies every day.
An embassy official was in-specting the BRAC school yesterday. He encouraged the school children after witnessing a superb performance by
An official of BRAC present there told this correspondent that their organisation now runs 34.481 non-formal schools throughout Bangladesh. The schools are having a student strength of 33 and one teacher each. This cost-effective BRAC venture recorded an education expense of 20 US dollars per head per year.
BRAC tries to enroll school left outs aged eight to 10 years and educate them to a level so that they can go to a high school to continue their studies. Over 60 per cent of students in BRAC-run schools are girls.
BRAC record shows that since 1985. over 1.5 million children have studied in these schools and 90 per cent of them joined high schools.