The government on Saturday backtracked on its decision of resuming academic activities in all government聽 primary schools across Bangladesh except city corporation areas from today considering safety of the students.
The primary and mass education ministry on the day issued a press release in this regard.
The decision came amid the countrywide student protests for quota reform in which at least 218 people were killed in clashes and their aftermath between July 16 and August 3.
Primary and mass education ministry secretary Farid Ahmed told 抖阴精品 that they had scrapped the previous order of reopening of the schools from August 4 considering safety of the students.
They would later announce a fresh date for resumption of academic activities in the primary schools, he added.聽
Earlier on July 31, the ministry in another press release, announced 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.
Currently, the country鈥檚 overall education is at a standstill following the protests.
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 to keep their institutions closed and vacate students鈥� residential halls until further notice.
On the same day, the National University authorities also closed down all colleges under it for an indefinite period.
Following the protest, the government suspended the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations from July 18 to August 10 and announced new schedule from August 11.
The public university teachers across the country had started an indefinite work abstention programme by boycotting classes and examinations since July 1, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme titled Prattay, terming it discriminatory.
The government on Saturday withdrew the public university teachers and employees from the pension scheme.