The government has decided to run a survey to find the number of street children in the country for their rehabilitation.
Speaking at parliament yesterday, State Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki said following a directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare decided last month to take up a working strategy in this regard.
The ministries will jointly implement the project to rehabilitate street children after completing the survey to find the number of street children within six months.
Replying to a query, the state minister also said a project proposal has already been sent to the ministry for the rehabilitation of street children and slum children in Dhaka city. Once the project is approved, street children will be rehabilitated and provided education, she said.
