Basic education
"We want our stipend in right time so that we can purchase our text books," urged a school child at a question-and-answer session with the legislators at the LD hall of Jatiya Sangsad on April 22, 2004. Like this child, there were many children who got together to give us the simple message "Ensure Basic Education for All" to mark the Global Action Week, 2004. Most of them indicated poverty as the main impediment for every child to attain Basic Education. Besides, there were many problems as well that they identified for which they are deprived from the pleasure of school premises. Needless to say, our children are our future! Still we are not responsible enough to ensure a bright future for our next generation by providing a standard education system. The number of children who have never seen the inside of a classroom in Bangladesh is over half a million. Though the government has introduced stipend for all girl students up to the HSC level, these students are suffering from irregularities in the distribution of stipend.
That's why, they cannot get this money in right time, especially when this money is needed for purchasing text books and other learning materials.
Here we expect that the government will ensure the proper implementation of the "Six Year Plan" in the primary education sector. Beyond the implementation of this plan, the government should be very sincere to take corrective and pragmatic measures.
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