Govt bars private lessons in primary schools
March 12, 2025 00:00:00
Teachers will no longer be able to give any sort of private lessons to students in classrooms of government primary schools, reports bdnews24.com.
The Directorate of Primary Education on Tuesday issued a directive instructing school administrations to stop all sorts of coaching, private tuition and other activities outside the school curriculum.
Mentioning that the directive would take 'immediate effect', it pointed out that deviation from the instruction would cause 'those in charge to be held accountable'.
The decision follows the report of rape of a fifth grader who allegedly went to a government primary school for private lessons in Thakurgaon.
On Tuesday, Md Raihul Islam, assistant director of the directorate's Policy and Operation Division, said: "We've heard that coaching classes or private lessons are being given in classrooms after school or on holidays."
"In no way can school classrooms be used for private lessons or coaching classes. If any teacher or someone else holds coaching classes or gives private lessons in school classrooms, that person would be responsible for what happens," the directorate said.
The directive was sent to all divisional deputy directors, PTI superintendents, district primary education officers and Upazila secondary education officers on Monday.