Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the House that the government would take stern action against authorities of the privately run schools for taking additional money violating the government formulated policy, reports UNB.
"The government would take action against privately run school authorities, if they realise additional admission and monthly fees from students violating the policy," he said while replying to a question from treasury bench member M Anwarul Azim (Anar) Thursday.
Regarding the recent question leakage, he said the government would take necessary action after getting the probe report on the question leakage. "Three persons are in jail for alleged involved in the question leakage under two cases in Faridpur," Nahid said adding that there was no report of allegation of question leakage over the last five years.
He said the education ministry formed a high-powered probe committee and the Secondary and Higher Secondary School Education Board, Dhaka formed another committee to investigate the incident.
Replying to another questioner Selim Uddin, the minister said the government took various initiatives to improve the quality of education across the country.
He said the government distributed textbooks free of cost and introduced stipend to discourage students for coming to towns, which helped increase enrolment in rural educational institutions.
BSS adds: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said Thursday the government has undertaken a project to set up technical schools in 100 upazilas of the country.
"Under the plan, the ECNEC on January 19 this year approved a project to set up a technical school in each of 100 upazilas in the first phase," he said while replying to a question from treasury bench member Md Ayen Uddin in Parliament.
"The work on the project begins soon," Nahid said adding, "The government has also a plan to establish technical schools in rest of the upazilas and a woman technical school and college in every division."
Responding to another question raised by Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazary, the education minister said training through creative method was given to 4,53,863 teachers from different schools, colleges and madhrasas under Secondary Education Sector Development Projector (SESDP).
