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Govt nationalises 26,193 primary schools

1.04 lakh teachers, employees on govt payroll, PM announces at non-govt teachers' rally

Agencies
With the nationalisation of 26,193 non-government primary schools, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced that the country's primary education would be fully nationalised by January 1 nextyear. All non-government, registered and non-registered primary schools would be nationalised in three phases, she told a grand rally of non-government primary school teachers marking the nationalisation of primary schools at the National Parade Square in the capital.
In the first phase, all the MPO-listed schools would be nationalised from January 1 this year and all the non-MPO (Monthly Payment Order) registered and
non-registered schools would funded by the government from July 1.
The other schools would be nationalised from January 1 next year after carrying out necessary scrutiny, she said.
With the nationalisation of the schools, the jobs of 1.04 lakh teachers and employees of the 26,193 institutions have also been nationalised.
"From now on, the government won't take the responsibility of any new private primary school as we've nationalised all the [registered] primary schools in the
country. If needed, the government itself will set up new primary schools,” mentioned Hasina.
She underscored the need for maintaining teaching standard as well as improving the quality of education for preparing worthy citizens capable to lead the nation in future. “Nationalisation doesn't mean you won't pay proper attention to your teaching. You'll have to maintain the standard.”
The children, she said, are the future leaders of the nation, and only the honest, sincere and creative teachers could flourish the latent talents in the
students. “I am waiting for that day when the teachers will start teaching the students as their own children.”
The government has formulated the National Plan of Action to achieve the target of Education for AH and Millennium Development Goal, she added.
The enrolment rate has been increased to 98.7 percent in last year from 87.2 percent in 2005.
To check dropout, the government has taken various initiatives including strengthening the monitoring activities, introduction of midday
meal, giving stipends to poor students and free textbooks to all, mentioned Hasina.
She said her government has been implementing the National Education Policy in phases which was formulated in 2010 to build a well-educated nation.
Under the new education policy, the government is minimising the ratio of teachers and students to raise the quality of classroom education.
Stressing the importance of children's education, the prime minister said her government has introduced pre-primary
sections in about 57,000 schools and there is a target to introduce it in all schools by this year.
The government, she noted, has recruited 82,725 headmasters, assistant teachers and staff and officers in government primary schools to make primary education more vibrant and effective.
Primary School Certificate Examinations and Junior School Certificate Examinations are being held across the country with identical question papers, and new curricula have been developed under a unified edu-
cationsystem.
The government has been providing new textbooks to the students on the first day of the academic year. No government in the past 40 years has been able to achieve such a progress in the education sector, but the incumbent government has made it possible during the last four years, she maintained.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen, Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, State Minister for Primary Education Md Motahar Hossain, spoke, among others.