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Registration

English medium schools get more time

Tawfique Ali
The government has extended once again the deadline for registration of English medium schools. A meeting of education officials chaired by Education Secretary Faniq Ahmad Siddiqi decided on Monday to move the registration deadline up to January 31, said a meeting source.
As per the decision, all the education boards have been instructed to
obtain detailed information on the private English medium schools through the District Education Officers concerned.
"A further course of action will be taken as per the ministry instructions on receipt of the list and details of the institutions," according to the source.
The meeting participants also decided to carry out regular monitoring of the functions of such insti-
tutions under the existing rules, said an official who attended the meeting, seeking anonymity.
"See, irregularities in the English medium schools sector is one of the many other problems, it will be resolved by and by," said the official, who declined to respond when asked about the mechanism for monitoring and how problems will be resolved.
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Though the schools concerned did not turn up for registration within the October deadline, "We are still trying to bring them under the legal fold," said the chairman of the Dhaka Education Board Shaheda Obaid.
"The deadline has been extended to January 31 and we will see later whether they turn up or not," she said, adding, "We have to look after the interests of all concerned."
The government, in the wake of widespread public and media outcry In recent times, asked all the private English medium schools to register with the education ministry by October this year in a bld to ensure transparency and accountability of their activities.
In the wake of the deadline, only 10 to 15 institutions out of several hundred under the Dhaka Education Board have turned up for registration, while only five to six of those under the Barisal Board and five to seven percent of at least five hundred institutions under the Rajshahi Board have turned up, according to sources.
Principals of a number of English medium schools in Dhaka said they have either initiated the process for registration or have applications under process.
Some of them, on the other hand, alleged that the board officials often 'deliberately resort to dilly-dallying' in issuing registration certificates month after month.
The principal of an English medium school located in Dhaka's Gulshan area, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that her institution first obtained registration in 2001 for two years.
"But when we applied for renewal of registration on expiry, the board officials said that they did not receive any circular in this regard," she said, adding, "But they later accepted the application when we pursued the matter with a distinguished personality."
The principal of Manarat Dhaka
International College said the registration of his institution is being processed. •
The principal of Cambridge Standard International School said her institution has not yet registered, as she has newly taken over and as her successor neglected to undertake the task.
The vice-principal of Green Gems International School said his institution has initiated the registration procedure.
The principal of Happy Times International School said that the board deferred their application for registration several times on the grounds that the institution does not meet all the pre-requisites for registration.
"But there arc examples that the board granted registration to many institutions that do not have required infrastructures and other academic facilities," shesaid.
Officials of the Dhaka Education Board said applications of 24 institutions are under their consideration for registration. "In most cases they do not meet the criteria for registration," said an official concerned, seeking anonymity.
The Bangladesh Kindergarten Association, a forum of kindergartens and English medium schools, made a statement to the prime minister on 28 September of this year arguing that the government has to consider the association's demands when setting new rules for regulating English medium schools.
The association also claimed that the Private English Medium School Registration Rules of 1999 have been annulled and that neither the education boards nor the ministry have any authority to issue deadlines asking the English medium schools for registration.
Top officials of the education board said that the 'Private English Medium School Registration Rules of 1999,’ (circulated by the cduca-tion ministry as per the Registration of Private Schools Ordinance, 1962) are in effect and apply to English medium schools.