Bangladesh
Educational Institutions Schools, colleges to open in February; partial classes in compliance with the hygiene rules
Dhaka, January 18: All educational institutions in the country will be opened from February. However, even if all the institutions are opened at the beginning, the classes will be taken in the partial presence of the students in compliance with the Covid-19 health rules. According to the Department of Secondary and Higher Education, priority will be given to this year's SSC equivalent and HSC equivalent candidates.
According to sources, the ongoing school-college holidays have been extended considering the Corona situation. All educational institutions in the country will be closed till January 30.
However, Qawmi Madrasa will be exempted from this holiday.
The Prime Minister's Office is seeking views from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education on how long the current holiday can be extended after the end of January 18. The Ministry of Education and Primary Education held an online meeting on the morning of January 14. There is a proposal to extend the leave with the current Corona situation and the opinion of the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has prepared a syllabus for giving assignments to educational institutions till April 12.
Sources said that the leave of the educational institution will not be extended again, the educational institution will be opened from the beginning of next month (February). Not all student classes will start from February. In this case, classes will be started to complete the syllabus of this year's SSC and HSC candidates. Other classes will be started step by step.
It is learned that students from science, commerce and humanities departments will take classes in one department every day. At present, Mausi is going to instruct the educational institutions to start the work of making such class routines.
Recently, Education Minister Dipu Moni told a virtual press conference that the school was being considered for reopening in February. He also said that they have started preparations for this. It is learned that since then the concerned departments and agencies have been working on this issue.
When asked, Mausi Director General Professor Syed Golam Farooq told Jago News on Sunday, "No final decision has been taken yet on the opening of the educational institution in February." A policy decision has been taken in this regard. If the situation is favorable, the decision to open an educational institution will be informed to us by the Ministry. However, even if all the educational institutions are opened at the beginning, the classes of all the students will not be started. The syllabus will be completed with partial classes for SSC and HSC candidates.
The ongoing leave of the educational institution was extended by several steps till January 16. It has been extended by one more point till January 30.
