DHAKA, Feb 26, 2021 (BSS) – State Minister for Primary and Mass Education
Md Zakir Hossen has said that ‘Urban Slum Children Education Programme’ has
set a unique example of protecting the right of children in terms of
education.
“This project has set a unique example of protecting the right of children
to education. I will try to keep the work of this project going in
consultation with the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said attending a
coordination meeting as the chief guest held at a conference hall in Khulna
city on Thursday.
Urban Slum Children Education Programme is a part of the ‘Reaching Out-of-
School Children (ROSC) Phase-II’ project run by the Department of Primary
Education under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education with the support
of the World Bank.
Save the Children in Bangladesh has worked as a technical partner in the
project.
The project has created a second chance of education for the dropout
children who are deprived of primary education, said a press release today.
Through the project, Ananda School activities have been concluded in 148
upazilas and about 690,000 children and 46,547 children in slum areas under
10 city corporations have been brought under primary education.
Mahbub Hasan Shahin, director of the project, said “The children who were
once likely to go astray, today they are on the path to light, and Save the
Children and implementing agencies have played a key role in this.”
The project has been implemented in Dhaka North and South City Corporation,
Narayanganj, Sylhet, Chattogram, Gazipur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and
Rangpur.
Mohammad Helal Hossain, Deputy Commissioner, Mahbub Elahi, Divisional
Deputy Director, Primary Education, Khulna and Bandana Risal, Deputy Country
Director-Program Operations, Save the Children in Bangladesh were also
present at the meeting.