PM assures steps for govt-NGO partnership

Assistance of all is required as the government alone cannot achieve the desired success, she said while talking to a delegation of Global Campaign for Education (GCE), an apex body of more than 1000 NGOs working for expansion of education around the world.

She told the delegation that her government provided highest budgetary allocation for the education sector as it thinks education is the key to development.

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Listing various programmes of her government in the sector, Khaleda said pragmatic measures had been taken to contain mass copying at public examinations.

The government has taken up a six-year project involving Tk 5000 crore under which nearly 35,000 teachers would be recruited.

The 14-member delegation included Executive Director of Gono Swakkhorota Obhijan Rasheda K Chowdhury, Sayeedul Alam Kajal of CAMPE, ED of BRAC Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, Shishir Sheel of PET, ED of UCEP Brig (Retd) Aftabuddin Ahmed, ED of RDRS Kamaluddin Akbor, ED of Ahsania Mission Kazi Rafiqul Alam, Country Director of Action Aid Nasreen Huq, Taleha Rahman of Democracy Watch, Coordinator of Surovi Jasmin Akhtar and Eram Marium of BRAC.

Global Campaign for Education (GCE) will observe Global Action Week on April 19-25.

The delegation lauded various steps taken by the government for expansion of education. They said that the programmes created mass enthusiasm and many of those, including free education and stipend for girls, were appreciated world over.

Appreciating the stress laid on English, the delegation also stressed the need of proper training for improving the skill of teachers and setting up of a yardstick for the standard of education.

They lauded the government for timely supply of books free of cost to the primary schools students.

They requested her to provide free books in similar manner for the schools run by the NGOs which the prime minister assured of giving due consideration.