A national dialogue titled Present and Future of Bangladesh鈥檚 Education System was held at the Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia Hall of National Press Club in Dhaka with the aim of reforming Bangladesh鈥檚 education system, education policy and education curriculum.
Organised by Bangladesh Chatrakallyan Trust, member of the advisery board of the trust and former vice-chancellor of Patuakhali Science and Technology University Professor Abdul Latif Masum presided over the national dialogue, said a press release on Sunday.
Barrister Mahabub Uddin Khokon, president of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was present as chief discussant at the dialogue.聽
The speakers stressed that it was important to immediately form an education reform commission to reform the education system of Bangladesh.
Executive director and principal of Bangladesh Chatrakalyan Trust Nure Alam Talukdar said that the interim government had formed 6 commissions. 鈥楤ut the Education Reform Commission has not been formed till date.鈥�
鈥榃e, however, all say that first of all, reforming of the education system is very important if the nation is to stand for long. Therefore, it is important to form an education reform commission comprising all stakeholders without delay,鈥� he added.
Barrister Mahabub Uddin Khokon said that the fascist and autocratic Awami League government had destroyed the infrastructure of all the country鈥檚 institutions, including the education and judicial system, in the past 16 years.
鈥楽ince the government has constituted 6 reform commissions, it is necessary to form an education reform commission without delay,鈥� said Mahabub Uddin Khokon.
聽He also added that as the Bangladesh Chatrakallyan Trust had been working on improving the quality of education and education system of the country for the past 24 years, therefore, the representative of the trust should also be included in this commission.
Nure Alam Talukdar briefly highlighted the activities of the trust in the past 24 years and said that the recommendations of today鈥檚 education dialogue would be sent to the education adviser and the chief adviser Muhammad Yunus for adopting while reforming education commission.