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Good Governance in Pry Education

Irregularities major hurdle Speakers tell TIB workshop

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a workshop yesterday identified lack of teachers and infrastructure, poor monitoring system, irregularities at education offices, and inactiveness of school management committees as major challenges in establishing good governance in the country's primary education sector.
They said political influence in teachers' posting, lack of promotion and proper training of the teachers, dropout of students, and teachers' involvement in out-of-school activities were also hindering the delivery of quality education.
Teachers of different primary schools, officials of district and upazila primary education offices, and members of school management bodies gave these observations at the workshop titled "Challenges of good governance in primary education sector and ways to overcome".
Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) organised the daylong workshop in the capital's Biam auditorium. The participants came from 45 regions under a TIB project. At the concluding session, Abdus Salam Akand, a teacher from Jamalpur, demanded an immediate amendment to the appointment rules to create a promotion ladder for the teachers. "Primary schools have only two teaching posts, so the scope of promotion is very limited."
Mohammad Rashed, an assistant thana education officer of Chittagong, said the teachers and officials had to engage in many other tasks like conducting surveys and election duties, which hamper education.
According to a paper presented at the workshop, the teachers are often being harassed and in some cases, they need to bribe the staff at upazila education offices to get their job done. It also says dropout rate in primary education is 29.7 percent, and reducing it is another challenge.
Faruque Jalil, director (policy and operation) of the directorate of primary education, said a school would do well only when it received cooperation from the community and commitment from the teachers.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen said, "We have financial constraints. But ensuring good governance will be possible if people from all strata of life cooperate and we work sincerely."
TIB Chairperson Sultana Kamal said it was a matter of regret that those who were failing in other areas were finally coming to this profession. "I have no question about their talents, but they are not taking up the profession willingly and thus cannot dedicate themselves completely. "
TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman wondered why the expenditure in the defence sector should be higher than that in education. If the allocation does not increase in the education sector, the defence will not get capable members, he said.