Annual holidays and other closures eat up more than half the academic year at many secondary schools and madrasas, one of the reasons why students have to turn to private tutors.
The Faridpur district administration yesterday closed 57 secondary schools in Sadar upazila for Saturday and Sunday, after 102 students and an employee of two of these schools fell sick over the past three days.
The Prime Minister's directive to the education and other ministries to take steps to make sure that all children are able to enroll into schools in their localities is certainly laudable.
Annual holidays and other closures eat up more than half the academic year at many secondary schools and madrasas, one of the reasons why students have to turn to private tutors.
The Faridpur district administration yesterday closed 57 secondary schools in Sadar upazila for Saturday and Sunday, after 102 students and an employee of two of these schools fell sick over the past three days.
The Prime Minister's directive to the education and other ministries to take steps to make sure that all children are able to enroll into schools in their localities is certainly laudable.