Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 512 Wed. November 02, 2005  
   
Letters to Editor


Traffic jam and Scholastica


For years we've been hearing that Scholastica is the best school in the city. They've built this wonderful building with a swimming pool, a gymnasium, an auditorium and what not. No doubt they've done a fabulous job but unfortunately they've failed to address all relevant issues rather efficiently. You can only set examples once you have rectified yourself. And before pointing fingers at other people I think it's time that they looked at themselves first. If they are cheap enough to say "You do it, so I will do it too," then I think they should not claim that they are the best. One thing they should not forget is those other schools that do not have parking lots also do not have swimming pools and gymnasiums and auditoriums. I don't think you even need to count on your fingers to find out how many schools in Dhaka have swimming pools.

You can have sky rocketing school fees with a fabulous 21st century school building with all the modern facilities but not a parking lot? You want examples? Look at AISD. Yes, they have a swimming pool, a gymnasium and an auditorium. They barely have a parking lot but they can at least manage to control the traffic. Forget Dhaka. Even schools outside Dhaka city have better ways of controlling their traffic, schools which can only dream of having a swimming pool.