Academic activities in all government primary schools across Bangladesh except city corporation areas are going to resume on Sunday after about half a month of closure following student protests for quota reform in government jobs.
鈥榃hen the atmosphere of education and safety of the students will be ensured, we will reopen the schools in city corporation areas,鈥� the primary and mass education ministry secretary Farid Ahmed told 抖阴精品 on Wednesday.
The decision to reopen the primary schools was taken on the day, he added.聽
The primary and mass education ministry also issued a press release in this regard on Wednesday.
It said that classroom activities in all government primary schools, Children Welfare Trust-operated primary schools and Bureau of Non-Formal Education-operated learning centres across the country except 12 city corporations and municipal areas under Narsingdi would resume from August 4.
In the areas, within the purview of this order, the concerned district primary education officer could take immediate decision regarding coordination between learning time and ongoing curfew鈥檚 time, the release added.
On July 17, the ministry announced the closure of government primary schools in areas under city corporations in eight divisional cities for an indefinite period amid the student protests demanding quota reform in government jobs.
Later on July 20, the ministry closed all educational institutions under it.
The decision came after the student protests spread countrywide and saw at least 214 people killed in clashes and their aftermath between July 16 and July 28.
Following the protests, the government suspended the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations from July 18 to August 1 in phases.
On July 16, the government announced the indefinite closure of all secondary, and higher secondary level educational institutions.
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh on July 16 also requested all the public and private universities in the country to keep their institutions closed and vacate students鈥� halls of residence until further notice.
The National University authorities also closed down all colleges under it for an indefinite period on the day.聽
The public university teachers across the country, meanwhile, had started an indefinite work abstention programme by boycotting classes and examinations since July 1 demanding cancellation of the new universal pension scheme titled Prattay, terming it as discriminatory.
Administrative activities also came to a halt as the general staff of these universities joined the strike with the same demand.
