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WORKSHOP-RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Speakers for religious education to save children from radicalizing
KHULNA, Sept 25, 2019 (BSS) – Religious and moral education can prevent children from getting radicalized in their future life, said speakers at a workshop here today.
The education imparted either through mosques or temples can also restrain them from being engaged in criminal activities, drug abuse and all kinds of social curses, they said.
They, however, warned that distorted religious education can turn children into fanatics regardless which religion they follow.
Hindu Religious Welfare Trust of Religious Affairs Ministry organized the workshop-2019 styled ‘Role of Temple Based Child and Mass Literacy Programme Aiming for Building Human Values and Morality Based Nation’ at the Officer’s Club in the city, marking the beginning of the fifth phase of the Temple Based Child and Mass Literacy Programme.
Former State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Narayon Chandra Chanda,MP, addressed the programme as chief guest while local Additional Deputy Commissioner (education and ICT) Golam Mainuddin Hasan chaired it.
Additional Secretary and Director of the Project Ranjit Kumar Das delivered the welcome speech while trustee of Hindu Religious Kallyan Trust Nimai Chandra Roy conducted the event.
President of district unit Puja Udjapon Parishad Krishnapad Das, general secretary of city unit Puja Udjapon Parishad Prashanta Kundu, ex-Khulna Press Club President Mokbul Hossain Mintu, President of Khulna Union of Journalists (KUJ) Mahbub Alam Sohag addressed the workshop, among others.
Naryan Chandra Chanda, also the vice-chairman of the Trust, said the practice of religious education and manners at the early stage of life can help children become good human beings in future.
“…every religion has some individuality, and such religious practices need to be continued,” he said.
He said the education programme helped the country achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
It also played an important role in women empowerment as approximately 80 percent teachers of the temple-based education centers were females, he said.
Earlier, around 5, 13,750 people, including 4, 95,000 children, of 490 upazilas in the country received non-formal basic education in the fourth phase of the programme, implemented from July 2014 to June 2017.
The welfare trust implemented the programme through opening 5,750 education centers at different temples across the county.
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