Ensure admission facilities for every SSC, HSC passed students: Hasina
August 18, 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to ensure cent per cent admission facilities for every SSC and HSC passed students into colleges and universities.
Hasina gave the instruction in her speech at the inaugural function of the first senior staff course and unveiling plaque of administrative building of National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) at its auditorium, reports UNB.
“Every year, we have to hear students are facing problem to get admitted into colleges and universities. It cannot continue further,” she said.
Drawing attention of the Education Minister who was sitting on the dais, the Prime Minister said adequate admission facilities must be in place so every student who passed the SSC and HSC exams get their seats in colleges and universities. Hasina also asked the Education Ministry and the departments concerned to ensure discipline in every aspect of the education sector. “No indiscipline in the education sector would be tolerated,” she warned.
The Prime Minister was highly critical of ‘admission trade’ in colleges, teachers’ ‘coaching business’ as well as their indifference to attending classes in public universities.
Hasina said the values have gone down so badly that students often are not given pass marks if they do not go for coaching to some teachers.
She said some teachers of public universities prefer taking classes in private universities and do consultancy for various institutions. “Money is necessary. But, earning extra money by ignoring one’s duties and responsibilities cannot be accepted,” the Prime Minister said.
About admission trade in various colleges, Hasina said when she was involved in student politics, it was beyond imagination that student leaders could earn illegal money from admission trade. “I was also elected VP of students union of a college. We never ever thought of such shameful act to make money through admission trade,” she said.
“It is more shameful that even some teachers reportedly get involved in the admission trade,” Hasina deplored. The Prime Minister suggested the parents and teachers to be more patient and sensible about teaching of their children and students. “Competition among students has shifted to parents, even to teachers. It is very unfortunate,” she said.
Exposing the change in culture and mindset of society, the Prime Minister said the situation is so bad that a student of class two or three is anxious about model or price of his private car. “If a school student talks with his fellows about model or price of a car, is there anything left to see the society destroyed?”the Prime Minister questioned.
The Prime Minister declared that the government will establish university in every major district to provide adequate facility of higher education to the eligible students.
Hasina said that the government has already planned to set up universities in Rangamati, Rangpur and Barisal. Besides, she said more schools will be set up in the capital.The Prime Minister lamented that when a government is changed, why the next government would not carry on the previous government’s development activities. “Such culture must end for our national development,” she remarked.
The Prime Minister said last Awami League government had increased literacy rate to 65 per cent, but during the next seven years, the literacy rate decreased to 50 per cent.
About the new National Education Policy, she said vocational and IT education have been given importance in the education policy as the population must be prepared to face the challenges of the 21st century.
She said vocational education will help eradicate unemployment problem in the country.
The Prime Minister said the existing curriculum needs to be freshly revised to insert more chapters on the country’s history and culture.
“In the past, our children had been spoiled due to distortion of education and history,” she lamented.
The Prime Minister emphasised on religious education of the children to build up strong character to lead honest lives. She stressed the need for modernising the Madrasah education to make the madrasah students capable of coping with the science and technology-based modern world.
“Madrasahs in Bangladesh have made remarkable contribution to the education sector. But, the madrasah students should be acquainted with modern education,”the Prime Minister said. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, Education Secretary Syed Ataur Rahman and NAEM DG Prof. Shamsur Rahman also spoke at the function.
Source: thefinancialexpress-bd.com
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