The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Amar Odhikar Campaign, a coalition of non-government organisations works with citizen rights, yesterday demanded of the government to ensure establishing at least one primary school in each village across the country aiming at reaching primary education to all.

The organisation at an opinion exchange meeting at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) also demanded providing midday meals to primary students, ensuring one teacher for each 40 students and incorporating the educational rights entrusted in the Constitution as fundamental rights.

Presided over by convenor of the organisation Rokeya Kabir, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by joint convenor Shamsunnahar Aziz Lina, executive members Shishir Sheel, AK Hero, Abdul Awal and Rafiqul Hasan.

The speakers at the meeting emphasised the need for introducing uniform education for all at a certain level of education to remove indiscrimination in the sector.

The meeting was informed that there are 38 villages in the country, particularly in the remote areas, where no primary school was still built up.

According to a statistic there are 1,98,97 thousands children (aged 6-10) across the country who are eligible to got to schools. Of them, about 37,00,000 children are still deprived from going to schools.

The organisers said they would coordinate activities of member organisations and take programmes to create awareness among the people to pressure to the government for taking necessary action in this regard.