Govt to ensure edn for all by 2015: Education Minister
Friday, 24 April 2009
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said that the government was firmly committed to ensuring education for all by 2015, reports BSS.
"All eligible children will be enrolled in schools by 2011 and steps will be taken to reduce the dropout rate," he said while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion.
The Gono Shakkhorata Obhijan organised the discussion on 'Education for All-Global Monitoring Report, 09' at the Local Development Engineering Department (LGED) auditorium in the city.
Nahid said the government would take initiative to build primary schools in 2,000 remote villages of the country. "All schools at chars and the flood and monga-prone areas will be brought under the school-feeding programme," he said.
Referring to the importance of vocational education, the minister said such institutions would be built in every upazila of the country.
Preside over by member of the Education Watch Advisory Board Dr Qazi Saleh Ahmed, the meeting was also addressed by UNESCO Representative in Bangladesh Malama Meleisea.
"All eligible children will be enrolled in schools by 2011 and steps will be taken to reduce the dropout rate," he said while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion.
The Gono Shakkhorata Obhijan organised the discussion on 'Education for All-Global Monitoring Report, 09' at the Local Development Engineering Department (LGED) auditorium in the city.
Nahid said the government would take initiative to build primary schools in 2,000 remote villages of the country. "All schools at chars and the flood and monga-prone areas will be brought under the school-feeding programme," he said.
Referring to the importance of vocational education, the minister said such institutions would be built in every upazila of the country.
Preside over by member of the Education Watch Advisory Board Dr Qazi Saleh Ahmed, the meeting was also addressed by UNESCO Representative in Bangladesh Malama Meleisea.