Primary and Mass Education Adviser Dr Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Monday said that newly built infrastructures of Dhaka's 10 primary schools will be inaugurated by this month.
He said the government is reconstructing the buildings of 46 primary schools in the city with various beautiful designs to make education enjoyable for the students and create a soothing environment for learning in the institutions.
"The construction work of the buildings of 10 primary schools out of 46 has already been completed. These buildings will be inaugurated by this month," the adviser said at a view-exchange meeting in the city.
Gono Shakkhorata Obhijan (GSO) and Brac Institute of Educational Development (Brac IED) of Brac University jointly organized the meeting on "Improving the mental health of primary school students: Our responsibilities" at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city.
Bidhan said the government has selected some primary schools on a cluster basis, where physical education and music teachers will be appointed.
As the issue of creating posts for fine arts teachers in primary schools was proposed here, he said, appointing teachers for counselling students in educational institutions can be considered.
Noting that mid-day meals will be introduced in all government primary schools across the country by the next five years, the adviser said 150 upazilas have already been selected for introducing mid-day meals primarily while the project is awaiting Ecnec approval.
Dr Bidhan said in primary education, stipends have been introduced to ensure that students do not drop out.
"But stipends could not bring expected outcome as it has been observed that students' names are enrolled in one school for stipends, but they continue their education in another school," he added.
In fact, the stipend money is insufficient, the adviser said, adding: "We are considering whether this money can be increased".
