Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday expressed his frustration over the dwindling trend of budget allocation for the country’s education sector.
The education budget goes up abroad while it has gradullay declined in our country, he said while visiting Fulkhi School in Chittagong city.
“When I was given the charge of the Education Ministry in 2009, the allocation was 14 percent of the national budget while it is now 11 percent,” he pointed out.
He urged the government to increase the education budget allocation, instead of lowering it further.
While visiting the Government City College, he praised the girls for their enrollment in the primary education and said the country’s primary education enrolment accounts for 51 percent girls and 49 percent boys.
“Thirty percent of girls and 10 percent of boys are offered stipend from the government while the 99.47 students are schooling in primary education in the country, he added.
The minister also visited Chittagong Government Mohila College, Mirza Ahmed Ispani High School and inaugurated the newly- constructed building of Probortok School and College at noon.
Chittagong Education Board Chairman Md Shahjahan, School Inspector Kazi Nazimul Islam, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board’s Deputy Director Abdul Aziz, were present, among others.
The minister attended a seminar at Chittagong Government College, amid a tesnion between Chhatra League and Chhatra Shibir men over attending the seminar yesterday.
However, no untoward incident was reported until filing of this report.
