In a continuous effort to foster reading habits and enlightened thinking among the students, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro in association with bKash, has expanded its nationwide book reading program in Bagerhat and Satkhira districts.
This year, 40,000 books are being distributed under this program to different educational institutions across the country.
As part of this effort, books were handed over to the students from various schools during two separate events held at Bagerhat Zila Parishad Auditorium and Shilpakala Academy, Satkhira recently.
The schools included Bagerhat Amlapara Secondary School, Bagerhat Adarsha High School, Jadunath School and College, Bagerhat Govt. Girls High School, and Bagerhat Collectorate School and College in Bagerhat district, as well as Satkhira P. N. Secondary School, Nabarun Girls High School, Satkhira Govt. Girls High School, Rasulpur Secondary School and Satkhira Collectorate School and College in Satkhira.
Golam Md Baten, deputy commissioner and district magistrate of Bagerhat; and Md Alamgir Kabir, district education officer of Satkhira attended the respective events and handed over books to the students.
Khandakar Md Asaduzzaman, executive director of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro; Sayma Ahsan, vice-president, regulatory and corporate affairs department of bKash, among others, were also present on the occasion.
To make the book-reading program more popular, a quiz competition on contemporary topics was organized for students in grades 6 to 10. At the end of the event, prizes were handed over to quiz winners.
Around 700 students attended the events.
With the aim to inculcate book reading habits and nurture human values among the students, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro has been conducting this Nationwide Enrichment program for long.
To further expand and implement this objective, country’s largest MFS provider bKash has been associated with this program since 2014.
More than 400,000 books have been distributed till now, benefiting over 3.2 million readers in nearly 3,000 educational institutions across the country.