The government has introduced peer inspection in educational institutions in place of manual inspections and audits.
The plan will be implemented in schools, colleges and madrasas where heads of the similar local institutions will inspect the other institutions at the end of the sessions, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said yesterday.
The minister made the announcement while inaugurating the system at a function organised to observe 35th anniversary of Directorate of Inspection and Audit under the Education Ministry in the capital.
Addressing the programme, Education Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan said the government can inspect 1,700 educational institutions on average through the Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA) while the number of such institutions is around 36,000.
“It will take 20 years to inspect all the institutions whereas it is required to inspect them regularly for the development of education,” he said adding that the peer system was introduced keeping the issue in mind.
According to the new peer system, heads of similar types of educational institutions of a upazila will inspect other schools, colleges and madrasas of the same upazila at the end of sessions.