Time hasn’t come yet to reopen schools and colleges: cabinet secretary

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam today said time has not come yet to reopen the educational institutions of the country.

"I don't think time has come to reopen schools and colleges," he said in response to a question while briefing reporters about the outcome of the weekly cabinet meeting held at the Bangladesh Secretariat.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting.

About the postponed HSC examinations, he said the Ministry of Education is actively discussing the issues relating to the HSC and other examinations, and they will look into the matters.

"After scrutinising everything, they'll take a decision quickly and they're strongly thinking about that," the cabinet secretary added.

On March 16, the government closed all educational institutions in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.