Ajoy Roy, Former Professor of Physics, Dhaka University : This year’s HSC and equivalent exams’ results saw a setback, but the situation may change in future. There is nothing to go chaotic about it. Results, be it good or bad, depends on question papers and also a bit on teachers. If they impart lessons well, the results will be good. In the other way around, the results will suffer a blow.
The education system of the Education Ministry is very weak. The government and the Education Ministry should take complete idea about the teachers working at rural areas. The public schools have to get better teachers appointed by the government while the private school teachers will be supervised the school management committees with monitoring from the Education Ministry. The matter is not like that the government and the Education Ministry will not take care of the privately-run schools. The schools should get teachers based on those working in an ideal school or college. If needed, the Education Directorate and the government have to step forward in this regard. Communication during monsoon gets very difficult, a matter that remains a far cry despite repeated write-ups. Some works have been done, but not satisfactorily. The problem is yet to be fixed completely. In villages, students have to travel by boats to schools or colleges if it rains heavily. Another problem is that there is no safer sanitation for girl students. Duly, they have to face a number of problems that harm their education. These issues were supposed to be brought under the attention of the Education Ministry. But the questions remain as to why the ministry has not taken any measures in this regard as yet.
Based on an interview by Muhammad Nayeem, translated by Sayeed Muhammad