Schoolchildren to get new textbooks today

Help improve edn standard

Prime minister urges critics

Taking a swipe at those who have been questioning the standards of education, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the critics to fix the standards first, UNB reports. 

"Those who are raising questions about the quality and standard of the education in the country, I’ll tell them everything cannot be fixed overnight. We don’t get the scale of standard of the education from them," she said.
The prime minister said this while speaking at the inauguration of textbook distribution among schoolchildren at her official residence Ganabhaban.
She also asked the critics to give some voluntary services to find out the areas where the standard of the education is not good. "You can go there, give some lessons to the students, it’ll be of a great help to us," she said.
Sheikh Hasina also said it is not a good gesture just saying anything as one needs to show the process of implementation. "I think they should help us to that extent."
Noting that the government has given utmost importance to the education sector, the Prime Minister said that numerous programmes have been taken to flourish merit, creativity and mind.
She said education is a basic human right of people, and that education is the only tool for building a poverty-free Bangladesh.

Hasina again defended the stance of her government in holding Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations, saying that such examinations will boost the self-confidence of the children before sitting for higher public exams.
About the success of such examinations, the Prime Minister said, the children are doing better in public exams as fear of sitting for examination is being shrugged off.
Pointing out the previous scholarship examination system, she said only a few of the students were selected for the examination and the teachers took very special care of them depriving others.
The prime minister hoped that from now on, all hesitation of the parents, guardians, teachers and students about PEC, JSC, JDC and equivalent examinations would be removed for ever.
Hasina also elaborated her government's success in increasing literacy rate, number of students and reduction of dropout as well as various steps to protect the mother language of different small ethnic communities of the country. In her speech, the Prime Minister also mentioned about BNP-Jamat's arson attacks and vandalism during 2013, 2014 and 2015 to unseat the government.
Sheikh Hasina handed over textbooks among the pre-primary, primary, ‘ebtedayee’, secondary, ‘dakhil’ and technical students of city's different educational institutions during the time.
She also handed over new brail textbooks among a number of visually disabled students on the occasion.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mustafizur Rahman, Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain, Primary and Mass Education Secretary Asifuzzaman, Technical and Madrasa Education Secretary Md Alamgir and NCTB Chairman Prof Narayan Chandra Saha were present.
Earlier, Education Minister and the Primary and Mass Educating Minister adorned the Prime Minister with two Uttarias painted with Bangla alphabets on the occasion of the textbook distribution.
Meanwhile, over four crore students, from the primary level to Class X, in schools across the country will get free new books today. This year, the government will distribute over 35 crore books among students, adds our Staff Reporter.
Sources in the National Curriculum Textbook Board (NCTB) said 350,753,477 books have been printed for distribution among 42,635,929 students. The government will also distribute Braille textbooks and books in various vernacular languages for the first time.
Both the education ministry and the primary and mass education ministry have arranged separate events in the capital to formally launch the countrywide programme. 
The education ministry will inaugurate the programme at Azimpur Government School and College, with education minister Nurul Islam Nahid as chief guest. On the other hand, the primary and mass education ministry would kick off the programme at the Dhaka University central playground, with finance minister AMA Muhith as chief guest and primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman as a special guest. The primary and mass education ministry will distribute 115,526,952 books among 24,983,993 students. Ministry sources said that the textbooks have already been despatched to the schools for distribution.
NCTB sources said that for the first time, secondary teachers will get one set of free books for each class. If extra copies are available, one set will also be kept in the school library. If more sets are available, one set could also be kept in the district public library, they added.
Every year since 2010, the education ministry observes January 1 as a textbook festival. It distributed 19 crore free books in 2010, 23.31 crore books in 2011, 22.13 crore books in 2012, 26.17 crore books in 2013, 29.96 crore books in 2014 and 32.63 crore in 2015.

 

Schoolchildren to get new textbooks today

Help improve edn standard

Prime minister urges critics

Taking a swipe at those who have been questioning the standards of education, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the critics to fix the standards first, UNB reports. Those who are raising questions about the quality and standard of the education in the country, Ill tell them everything cannot be fixed overnight. We dont get the scale of standard of the education from them, she said. The prime minister said this while speaking at the inauguration of textbook distribution among schoolchildren at her official residence Ganabhaban. She also asked the critics to give some voluntary services to find out the areas where the standard of the education is not good. You can go there, give some lessons to the students, itll be of a great help to us, she said. Sheikh Hasina also said it is not a good gesture just saying anything as one needs to show the process of implementation. I think they should help us to that extent. Noting that the government has given utmost importance to the education sector, the Prime Minister said that numerous programmes have been taken to flourish merit, creativity and mind. She said education is a basic human right of people,and that education is the only tool for building a poverty-free Bangladesh. Hasina again defended the stance of her government in holding Primary Education Completion (PEC) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations, saying that such examinations will boost the self-confidence of the children before sitting for higher public exams. About the success of such examinations, the Prime Minister said, the children are doing better in public exams as fear of sitting for examination is being shrugged off. Pointing out the previous scholarship examination system, she said only a few of the students were selected for the examination and the teachers took very special care of them depriving others. The prime minister hoped that from now on, all hesitation of the parents, guardians, teachers and students about PEC, JSC, JDC and equivalent examinations would be removed for ever. Hasina also elaborated her governments success in increasing literacy rate, number of students and reduction of dropout as well as various steps to protect the mother language of different small ethnic communities of the country. In her speech, the Prime Minister also mentioned about BNP-Jamats arson attacks and vandalism during 2013, 2014 and 2015 to unseat the government. Sheikh Hasina handed over textbooks among the pre-primary, primary, ebtedayee, secondary, dakhil and technical students of citys different educational institutions during the time. She also handed over new brail textbooks among a number of visually disabled students on the occasion. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, Primary and Mass Education Minister Mustafizur Rahman, Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain, Primary and Mass Education Secretary Asifuzzaman, Technical and Madrasa Education Secretary Md Alamgir and NCTB Chairman Prof Narayan Chandra Saha were present. Earlier, Education Minister and the Primary and Mass Educating Minister adorned the Prime Minister with two Uttarias painted with Bangla alphabets on the occasion of the textbook distribution. Meanwhile, over four crore students, from the primary level to Class X, in schools across the country will get free new books today. This year, the government will distribute over 35 crore books among students, adds our Staff Reporter. Sources in the National Curriculum Textbook Board (NCTB) said 350,753,477 books have been printed for distribution among 42,635,929 students. The government will also distribute Braille textbooks and books in various vernacular languages for the first time. Both the education ministry and the primary and mass education ministry have arranged separate events in the capital to formally launch the countrywide programme. The education ministry will inaugurate the programme at Azimpur Government School and College, with education minister Nurul Islam Nahid as chief guest. On the other hand, the primary and mass education ministry would kick off the programme at the Dhaka University central playground, with finance minister AMA Muhith as chief guest and primary and mass education minister Mostafizur Rahman as a special guest. The primary and mass education ministry will distribute 115,526,952 books among 24,983,993 students. Ministry sources said that the textbooks have already been despatched to the schools for distribution. NCTB sources said that for the first time, secondary teachers will get one set of free books for each class. If extra copies are available, one set will also be kept in the school library. If more sets are available, one set could also be kept in the district public library, they added. Every year since 2010, the education ministry observes January 1 as a textbook festival. It distributed 19 crore free books in 2010, 23.31 crore books in 2011, 22.13 crore books in 2012, 26.17 crore books in 2013, 29.96 crore books in 2014 and 32.63 crore in 2015.