Nothing New in Budget 2012-13 For Education

21,408 Crore Tk. Allocated For Education

A total of Tk 21,408 crore has been allocated where 11, 583 crore Tk. allocated for education ministry (development and non-development budget) & 9, 825 crore Tk. for primary and mass education ministry in the proposed budget for 2012-13.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed the allocation while placing the budget before the parliament Thursday.

He told the parliament that the education sector would get Tk 1,571 crore more than the allocation made for the sector last year, which was Tk 19,837 crore.

The finance minister said, ` Our Government is attaching highest priority to education as the most important strategic tool for eradication of poverty and development. We have formulated an Education Policy, 2010 assimilating the essence of the charter for change, ‘Vision 2021’ and our commitment for building Digital Bangladesh. We have planned to implement this Policy in phases. `

About elimination of disparity and quality enhancement in Education Sector he said, ` In a bid to eliminate disparity in the education sector, the Government has started distributing books free of cost to the students of primary level including secondary, dakhil, vocational and ebtedai levels from FY2011-12 throughout the country. As planned, a total of 23 crore books have already been distributed in 2012. Distribution of stipends is another ongoing initiative to promote female education. Currently the male-female and student ratio is 47:53, which is the 2nd highest in South Asia. Besides, as many as 43.38 lakh students from the secondary to graduation level have been awarded stipends. We have also given emphasis on teachers’ training, in particular on subjects like Mathematics and English, to enhance the quality of education. We are also laying emphasis on expansion of vocational and technical training and to develop appropriate skilled manpower for export to the overseas markets. At the same time, in an attempt to search creative talents throughout the country, a ‘Creative Talent Hunt Policy, 2012’ has been formulated. I hope this initiative will see successful implementation from the next fiscal year. `

About Decentralization of Education the finance minister said, `Various kinds of facilities are being enhanced along with infrastructure development to improve the teaching environment of the educational institutions. Construction work of academic buildings of 1,500 colleges have been initiated. In order to remove urban-rural disparity in education, we have established as many as 306 model high schools in those upazilas, where there is no government high school. Construction and other physical infrastructure works are underway to build another 164 model high schools.`

`In order to reorient our higher education more towards science and technology, we have established a Science and Technology University at Pabna. There is also a programme to establish a Digital University at Gazipur and Bangabadhu Science and Technology University at Gopalgonj. Besides, we have established University of Professionals in Dhaka, and Begum Rokeya University at Rangpur. Moreover, we have taken steps to establish two public universities at Rangamati and Barishal, and Rabindra University at Kushtia. We believe that, these initiatives will enable our new generation to face new and emerging challenges of this century.` – he told about higher education.

Muhith also said, `Education is the fundamental right of human being. We have, therefore, taken an initiative to establish a Assistance Foundation Trust Fund to ensure education for the poor and underprivileged meritorious students. A law titled ‘Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust Act, 2011’ has already been enacted.`

Experts saying that, there’s nothing new in the budget for education. Moreover, there is no direct declaration of anything except appointment of primary teachers. শিক্ষা সংক্রান্ত খবরাখবর নিয়মিত পেতে রেজিস্ট্রেশন করুন অথবা Log In করুন।

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