BRAC spends Tk 2.5m annually for education
Saturday, 23 June 2007
FE Report
BRAC spends Tk 2.5 million annually for improving the quality of education in Bangladesh, said BRAC Founder and Chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed.
"BRAC operates different programmes for development and we feel education is the most important, as it is a tool with which we can develop the next generation," Abed said while speaking at the final round of BRAC's Post-primary Basic and Continuing Education (PACE) programme's inter-school debate competition Thursday at the BRAC Centre Auditorium.
The winner of the competition was the debating team from Bhotapara Girls' School in Godagari, Rajshahi while the team from Syed Abul Hossain Academy of Kalkini, Madaripur was the runner up.
Abed presided over the event and distributed prizes among the winners. Education Secretary Md. Momtajul Islam was present at the occasion as the chief guest, while special guest and eminent literary personality Hayat Mamud inaugurated the event. Director General of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Md. Nazim Uddin and Director of BRAC Education Programme Safiqul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
The competition was judged by Father Adam of Notre Dame College, Rashid Ara Begum of Holy Cross School and Sharmin Rahman of Rajuk Uttara Model High School and College. Executive Director of BRAC Mahbub Hossain and Deputy Executive Director Md. Aminul Alam were also present on the occasion.
BRAC spends Tk 2.5 million annually for improving the quality of education in Bangladesh, said BRAC Founder and Chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed.
"BRAC operates different programmes for development and we feel education is the most important, as it is a tool with which we can develop the next generation," Abed said while speaking at the final round of BRAC's Post-primary Basic and Continuing Education (PACE) programme's inter-school debate competition Thursday at the BRAC Centre Auditorium.
The winner of the competition was the debating team from Bhotapara Girls' School in Godagari, Rajshahi while the team from Syed Abul Hossain Academy of Kalkini, Madaripur was the runner up.
Abed presided over the event and distributed prizes among the winners. Education Secretary Md. Momtajul Islam was present at the occasion as the chief guest, while special guest and eminent literary personality Hayat Mamud inaugurated the event. Director General of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Md. Nazim Uddin and Director of BRAC Education Programme Safiqul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
The competition was judged by Father Adam of Notre Dame College, Rashid Ara Begum of Holy Cross School and Sharmin Rahman of Rajuk Uttara Model High School and College. Executive Director of BRAC Mahbub Hossain and Deputy Executive Director Md. Aminul Alam were also present on the occasion.