The government has extended the closure of educational institutions till June 12, saying the reopening is subject to the drop in Covid infection rate below 5 percent and inoculation of university students. Education ministry officials said the reopening might be delayed further, considering the rise in virus infection rate in recent weeks and uncertainty over vaccination due
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The education ministry is set to finalise the draft of the Education Act soon, keeping a provision for imposing ban on printing, publishing, and marketing notebooks and guidebooks.
The draft act stipulates that teachers will not be able to give private tuitions to students of their own institutions. It also seeks to ban corporal punishment for schoolchildren and mental torture by teachers.
Speaking to this newspaper after attending a virtual meeting yesterday afternoon, top education officials said the work on the draft by the ministry was in the last stage. We will take a short time to bring changes in the sentences and words of the draft if there is any last-minute changes, said a top education ministry official.
Students should read all kinds of books, Dipu Moni says
Education Minister Dipu Moni has it is necessary to create opportunities for students to read all kinds of books including art-literature, science and history besides textbooks to build students as human beings.
“If you want to be educated in real sense, you have to read many books, not just text books, books on various subjects,” the minister said while addressing a programme virtually on Saturday, reports BSS.
The function was arranged to inaugurate the distribution of publications titled ‘Father of the Nation’ virtually among the students of Meherpur district marking the Mujib centenary celebration organised by Meherpur district administration.
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