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BSS, Rajshahi

Speakers at a seminar here today underscored the need for quality primary education for achieving national development.

They laid stress on a concerted effort of all quarters particularly the teachers, guardians and elite for making the primary education up to the mark. Otherwise, they said, the prevailing dissatisfactory situation could bring a debacle in the whole education system, as it is the foundation of all higher education.

The city unit of Conscious Citizens Committee (CCC), a grassroot organisation of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), arranged the seminar styled "Role of Headmaster, School Managing Committee (SMC) and Administration in quality development of Primary Education" at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

District Primary Education Officer Yousuf Ali, Professor Imam Mehedi Beg and Boalia Thana Education Officer Shameem Ahmed Khan addressed the seminar as the resource persons with CCC local unit Convener Advocate Golam Arif Tipu in the chair.

Some 135 persons including Headmasters and SMC Presidents of 47 schools in the city and others concerned attended the seminar and gave their views on how to improve the quality of education.

The speakers said, quality primary education is the demand of the time and therefore, utmost efforts should be given in reaching a sound and quality education by improving coordination among all concerned.

They, however, said quantity development along with gender parity has been attained and expected that the quality development would be achieved soon.

To make this effort a success, they said, the field level teachers and officials should be more sincere and accountable to the nation.