School for the underprivileged

Dropouts get fresh chance

Underprivileged primary school dropouts in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona have found a way back to education through an initiative of seven youths.

HC wants report on closing school for underprivileged

The High Court seeks a report from the authorities concerned on why Dredger Junior High School, a 33-year old academic institution for underprivileged students at Killarpar in Narayanganj, has been closed.

A school for the poor

As the sun sets on the horizon in Elahipur village of Khulna's Rupsha upazila, most children begin heading home from the playgrounds; except eight-year-old Sukur. The child eagerly leaves his homes and makes his way to Anushilon Mojar School.

Editorial / Materialisation of a dream

It is not every day we get to hear a story like this. Bijoy Rahul Paul, whose father is a bicycle mechanic and mother works in a tea garden, was born into a life of hardship and had to drop out of secondary school due to poverty.