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BEPZA Public School and College starts at Ishwardi EPZ
DHAKA, Feb 2, 2020 (BSS) – The academic activities of BEPZA Public School and College at Ishwardi EPZ has started in order to provide standard education to the children of officials, employees and workers of Ishwardi EPZ (IEPZ) as well as the people living surrounding the EPZ.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructed the BEPZA in the 34th Board of Governors meeting to establish a school in the dormitory cum training centre of Northern Area Poverty Reduction Initiative project of Ishwardi EPZ, said a press release today.
Continuation of it, BEPZA Executive Chairman Major General S M Salahuddin Islam formally inaugurated the school today. The students of class one to twelve will be taught in this institution financed by BEPZA. Initially, the educational activities of class one to four have been started in this year, which will be gradually taken to class twelve.
A total of 238 students have already been admitted from class one to four here. In the next year, it will be graduated to class eight when around 700 students will get education opportunity from this institution.
Apart from attracting local and foreign investment, boosting export and generating employment, BEPZA has established Public School and Colleges in other EPZs in order to ensure modern and standard education for the children of workers and employees of the EPZs as a part of social responsibility.
The IEPZ workers’ children will get education here in 50 percent subsidized tuition fee like other BEPZA Public School and Colleges.
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