Guardians, educationists laud new guidelines to stop 'coaching business'
Saturday, 23 June 2012
CHITTAGONG, June 22 (BSS): Guardians, teachers and educationists lauded the guidelines issued by the government to stop 'coaching business' by the teachers.
Talking to the news agency, they observed these guidelines would bring about a qualitative change in the overall education system in the country.
They opined that such guidelines would promote a sense of competition among the students and help develop an attitude to accept challenge.
A good number of guardians and educationists said that the guidelines were long overdue to check mushrooming of coaching business largely responsible for commercialising education in schools, colleges and madrasahs.
While talking to the news agency, a good number of guardians waiting outside Dr Khastagir Government Girls' High School centre in the city, centre management officials and on-duty teachers highly appreciated the government, particularly the education ministry, for taking pragmatic steps to control coaching business and bring back teachers to classroom teaching.
Appreciating the new coaching guidelines, President of Government Muslim High School Ex-students' Union Dr Mainul Islam Mahmud, said the new guidelines have created an equal platform for the students of city and rural area.
"It is our responsibility to execute the guidelines which will certainly bring about positive changes to our education system" said Dr Mainul, also guardian of a college student. President of Chittagong University Teachers' Association (CUTA) Dr Mozaffar Ahmed Chowdhury said the guidelines could easily be executed, if it were proposed after changing the existing salary scale of the teachers.
He said the teachers are bound to take extra coaching classes because of the pay scale.
Dr Pijush Datta, Controller of Exams of the Chittagong Education Board, said it will be a remarkable advancement, if the provision of extra classes for backward students at a government-fixed rate inside the school compound is made.
According to the guidelines, teachers will be able to provide tuition at their places to a maximum of 10 students after taking permission of their respective heads of institutions, he said.
Principal of Chittagong Government Mohsin College Abdul Gofran said the guidelines would make the students to be more attentive to their classes. He urged the government to consider the economic condition of the teachers.
Talking to the news agency, they observed these guidelines would bring about a qualitative change in the overall education system in the country.
They opined that such guidelines would promote a sense of competition among the students and help develop an attitude to accept challenge.
A good number of guardians and educationists said that the guidelines were long overdue to check mushrooming of coaching business largely responsible for commercialising education in schools, colleges and madrasahs.
While talking to the news agency, a good number of guardians waiting outside Dr Khastagir Government Girls' High School centre in the city, centre management officials and on-duty teachers highly appreciated the government, particularly the education ministry, for taking pragmatic steps to control coaching business and bring back teachers to classroom teaching.
Appreciating the new coaching guidelines, President of Government Muslim High School Ex-students' Union Dr Mainul Islam Mahmud, said the new guidelines have created an equal platform for the students of city and rural area.
"It is our responsibility to execute the guidelines which will certainly bring about positive changes to our education system" said Dr Mainul, also guardian of a college student. President of Chittagong University Teachers' Association (CUTA) Dr Mozaffar Ahmed Chowdhury said the guidelines could easily be executed, if it were proposed after changing the existing salary scale of the teachers.
He said the teachers are bound to take extra coaching classes because of the pay scale.
Dr Pijush Datta, Controller of Exams of the Chittagong Education Board, said it will be a remarkable advancement, if the provision of extra classes for backward students at a government-fixed rate inside the school compound is made.
According to the guidelines, teachers will be able to provide tuition at their places to a maximum of 10 students after taking permission of their respective heads of institutions, he said.
Principal of Chittagong Government Mohsin College Abdul Gofran said the guidelines would make the students to be more attentive to their classes. He urged the government to consider the economic condition of the teachers.