Govt urged to nationalise CHT schools

The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) has sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calling upon her to take steps to nationalise primary schools in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The letter, signed by co-chairs CHT Commission Eric Avebury, Sultana Kamal and Elsa Stamatopoulou, was sent to the Prime Minister on March 27, said sources at CHTC. The letter said media reports that 228 primary schools in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are in danger of being closed down because they have not been brought under the nationalisation scheme in the face of technical difficulties with land registration. This will mean that 16,000 students, mostly from very remote areas in the three hill districts, will be left without any schooling, according to a news agency.