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Online School implants dream to hill children

Wednesday, 19 March 2014


Indeed geographical location becomes prime barrier some times to avail the life of metropolis for any individual when he or she is living in a remote and hilly area of a developing country. But, getting the bliss of 21st century, any impossible could be composed into reality if there is any tool like internet, which has turned the world into a global village. An idea of virtual school in a remote and hilly village of Bandarban aims to enlighten the children with English medium education. The online-based school is designed to not let distance stop a child to receive the best schooling possible despite its geographic location. The Online School has brought the opportunity for the under privileged children to receive the same quality of education as the student of renowned schools in Dhaka city. Now, the parents of Reicha union in Bandarban district have started to dream to make their children doctor, engineer and high official, which they never imagined. The Bandarban Online School located on the top of a hill at the union, bordered by Dathbhanga Para, Kana Para, Dulujhiri Para and Meghla Para villages. Zir Mong Soymoy, a woman of Boam ethnicity who never went to school, dreams to turn her four years aged son Fantuat Moyer into doctor. Another mother Madhobi Tanchangya wants to make her son Swapan Kar, aged 6, as high official. “I will bring my son in the school facing all the difficulties,” she determined, according to BSS.