Making schools enjoyable

Schools are not enjoyable to many children. And parents often find it difficult to send their toddlers to schools as many of these institutions do not have any playgrounds or any sports materials. With this, heavy schoolbag with loads of books leads them to suffer from back pain. Long syllabus is also stressful for them. Learning has become burdensome. And it should be made enjoyable.

Students are no longer able to cope up with the present- day schooling. There is an urgent need to reduce the standards and syllabus. We may engage the students in activities such as bird watching, bee keeping, book publishing, baking, radio broadcasting, photography, artificial intelligence, first aid, trekking, visits to factories, dancing, singing, etc and ask the students to choose a few. Let us not make them bookworms only.

Afroza Sheikh,

Dania, Dhaka,

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