Mother, son join school as learners

A six-year-old child and his mother got themselves admitted to Class I at Akania Govt Primary School in Kochua upazila. They were given textbooks by Kochua upazila chairman Shahjahan Shishir at the Book Day function on Wednesday.

Masum Hossain (6) and her mother Taslima (35), wife of a local rickshaw puller, hail from Dakhshin Akania village.

“I have told the school's headmaster, Obaidur Rahman, to get Taslima admitted and to let her sit with her son. She should be taught to read, write, and do arithmetic in Class I. She told me that she had been married off at an early age and did not get a chance to study," said Shishir.

“She is keen to study. So, I gave her textbooks at the function in the school,” he added.

District primary education officer Mohammad Shahabuddin told the Independent: "We should encourage her to learn. We want to eradicate illiteracy from society and make the country fully literate by 2041."

“Age should not be any problem if one wants to learn. Rather, we should take special care of her learning. We respect her eagerness to study,” he added.

 

Mother, son join school as learners

A six-year-old child and his mother got themselves admitted to Class I at Akania Govt Primary School in Kochua upazila. They were given textbooks by Kochua upazila chairman Shahjahan Shishir at the Book Day function on Wednesday. Masum Hossain (6) and her mother Taslima (35), wife of a local rickshaw puller, hail from Dakhshin Akania village. I have told the schools headmaster, Obaidur Rahman, to get Taslima admitted and to let her sit with her son. She should be taught to read, write, and do arithmetic in Class I. She told me that she had been married off at an early age and did not get a chance to study, said Shishir. She is keen to study. So, I gave her textbooks at the function in the school, he added. District primary education officer Mohammad Shahabuddin told the Independent: We should encourage her to learn. We want to eradicate illiteracy from society and make the country fully literate by 2041. Age should not be any problem if one wants to learn. Rather, we should take special care of her learning. We respect her eagerness to study, he added.