Regulate the Eng med schools
Abu Abad, Dhaka
It is heartening to note that a group of guardians of the students in some English medium schools have joined together to campaign against the complete absence of regulations, and the regular and arbitrary increase in fees every year. Some have gone to the court to seek justice, and one court has issued show-cause notice (which is allegedly being disregarded, DS report July 21).The government talks high on education and ignores the business mentality environment present in the informal private sector (schools, colleges, tutorial centers, Note books, part-time duty by teachers, etc). There are lacuna in the syllabi specially affecting local and national knowledge on history, sociology, culture and history. Most of the time the official spokespersons concentrate on primary education (and lately on cheating on examinations). Money can silence noise! Eng med education is extremely popular in the big cities, but the official attitude is worse than step-motherly! This not a single instance. There are similar booming business in other informal sectors not properly regulated: medical clinics, diag centers, hospitals, tutorial centers, publication of cheap text books, photocopied on cheap paper. Development has two sides, as in a coin: the good side, to be developed; and the bad side, to be monitored for stern without delay. Why our inspection, regulatory and prosecution sides are weak? The answer is known unofficially to all! Whip the honest and ignore the baddles? What the godmothers are doing? Politics has become a commission (percentage) business! who know some day our dear country might be secretly sold out to foreigners?
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