Govt to introduce peer inspection system in educational instts

The government plans to introduce digital content based peer inspection system removing the existing old and manual inspection and auditing system of educational institutions, reports BSS.
The ministry of education has taken the initiative to ensure transparency and accountability in the inspection and auditing system and improve the quality of education, official sources said.
"The proposed peer inspection system would ensure inspection and audit of 30,000 educational institutions in a year against the existing manual system of inspection and audit of 1700-2000 educational institutions during the same period," education secretary Md Nazrul Islam Khan (N I Khan) said.
He said the 'directorate of inspection and audit' of the ministry of education introduced the manual system to inspect and audit schools and colleges and it would have required ten years time to inspect and audit 30,000 schools, madrasas and colleges. "But, the proposed peer inspection system will save at least nine years time as well as help bring dynamism, transparency and accountability in the activities of the directorate," said N I Khan who mooted the idea of introducing peer inspection system.
As per the peer inspection system, heads of similar type of educational institutions of same upazila will inspect each other's school/college/madrasa and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and education officer will co-operate them to conduct this peer inspection.
The education ministry has also taken initiative to digitise some activities of inspection and auditing directorate to bring dynamism and save time and money.
When inspection and auditing started functioning in 1980, the government's annual budgetary allocation was Tk 2.5 billion (Tk 250 crore) against 7,500 schools, madrasas and colleges, deputy director of the directorate of inspection and audit Bipul Sarker said currently the budgetary allocation has stood at Tk 75 billion (Tk 7,500 crore) against 30,000 schools, madrasas and colleges.
The inspection and auditing directorate will have a dynamic website and forms, notice and instructions for inspection and auditing will be available in the site and the heads of the educational institutions will get an opportunity to submit inspection report online.