Sleeping ministries?
Tahsin Hyder, Maple Leaf International School, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
More then four years' time has past since the BNP-led coalition came to power, but things have changed little for the people who live in slums, streets or near the railway stations. Many of them are jobless, frustrated about what has happened to them in the last few years. The rich got richer, and the poor got poorer. That means if you are rich, you can live with less difficulties using the modern technologies, changing your lifestyle, and if you are poor, you better start thinking about saving money for buying foods, clothes, and a shelter, because they are not cheap anymore. On September 30, 2005, Star Weekend Magazine published a progress report on the past four years of BNP-led alliance government. The report highlighted some interesting comments of economist Abul Barakat. Regarding agriculture the economist said, "Our economy is still agro-based, but if anyone deserves credit for anything good that happened to the agriculture, it is the peasant and Allah, the government did nothing." The Prime Minister and top ranking BNP men always claim that production has increased dramatically. It's hard to believe, there is no name of agricultural products, such as wheat, sugar or soybeans in the list of main exports, which may contain four things--- garments, fish, jute goods, and leather products. I guess the Ministry of Agriculture is now sleeping and will wake up during the campaign for votes next year. Recently, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has decided to introduce a unitrack system, instead of a multi-track system in high schools. A lot of discussion has been going on the issue, as many academics and columnists do not appreciate the decision made by MoE. I am not a professor, nor a member of any board, but I, as a student, just could not agree there is any need for introducing such a system while the MoE has other problems to deal with, like banning student politics in universities or developing the quality of curriculum in madrassahs.
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