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DHAKA TRIBUNE
Nation
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Teacher shortage hits government schools in Pirojpur n Our Correspondent, Pirojpur Educational activities in six government high schools in Pirojpur district are being hampered due to shortage of teachers. According to sources, the total posts in these schools are 161, of which 67 are lying vacant. The academic works of the schools are run by acting headmaster. As a result, sometimes it is difficult to take decisions.
‘I am taking classes for Bangla and sometime also work as acting headmaster. It is difficult for me do the two things at a time as sometimes I have to attend meetings’ Bhandoria Bandar Government Girls’ High School was nationalised in 1986. Around 400 students are studying in the school. Among a total of 13 posts including head master, seven posts have remained vacant for many days. Shopna Roy, acting head master, said: “No teachers were recruited for accounting, English, physics, geography, Bangla and Social Science subjects.” “Guest teachers are taking classes for those subjects. In return, we give them remuneration,” he said. Senjuti Ray, a ninth grade student of the school said: “We are continuing study in huge crisis due to lack of teachers.” Md Babar Talukder, acting head master of Kaukhali KG Union Govt High School said: “There are around 475 students in the school.” The total posts of teachers includ-
ing head master are 16 while there are now 14 teachers. There are no teachers for Hindu religion and accounting subjects. Babar said: “The works of head master are done by acting head master.” Jahangir Hossain, acting head master of Kaukhali SB Government Girls’ High School said: “Many posts of 17 teachers have remained vacant for years. There are also 500 students in the school.” Himagshu Kumar Ghorami, acting head master of Govt High School Nazipur Sirajul Haque said: “I am taking classes for Bangla and sometime also work as acting headmaster. It is difficult for me do the two things at a time as sometimes I have to attend meetings.” Raihan Ahad and Sourav Halder, students of class X said their studies were being hampered due to lack of teachers. Nazma Ara Khanom, acting head mistress of Pirojpur Government Girls’ High School said: “We have not had a geography teacher for more than 12 years.” She added, 30 teachers were present among a total of 52. The number of students was 1523. “The posts of two clerks have remained vacant since two years. We have only one fourth-class employee among a total of five,” the acting head mistress added. Teacher Abu Bokkor said: “We do not have a headmaster for last 12 years and there is no acting headmaster either.” Shampa Rani, acting head mistress of Pirojpur Govt High School said: “Around 1475 students are studying in the school. 18 posts of teachers among a total of 52 have remained vacant for many days. It is tough to run such a big institution with acting head master.” The district education officer said the teachers had made complaints over lack of teachers in important posts including headmaster post in their institutions. l
An indigenous woman sorting turmeric from Jhum for drying and selling in local market of Khagrachhari, an area famous for cultivating it
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Dilapidated roads cause trouble in Pirojpur n Our Correspondent, Pirojpur
Around 20km roads among a total of 31km roads stretching from PirojpurNazirpur-Tungipara have remained in awfully dilapidated conditions for months, much to the sufferings of hundreds of passengers in that region. The width of the road is 32 feet. Several big potholes developed in the middle of the highway. This is the straight road for the locals of Patharghata upzila in Barisal and Mathbaria upazila in Pirojpur to the Bangabandhu Mazhar in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj. Passengers have to ply through a time-consuming alternative route since they can’t use the highway due to its decrepit condition. In a recent visit to the highway it
was noticed that the condition of the roads from Pirojpur town to Kodomtola Bazar and from northern part of Charkhola Bridge to Nazirpur Bridge are quite good. But passengers have to face tremendous troubles while plying the middle part of the road starting after Kodomtoli Bazar to Charkhola Bridge. Delwar Hossain, a resident of Kodomtola area said: ‘’The area goes under knee-deep water during rainy season.’’ Zakir Hossain of Sriramkathi area of Nazirpur upazila said: “We go to Pirojpur through Durgapur area under Sriramkathu union of Nazirpur upazila. We try to avoid the highway as it has a lot of cracks and dust in different parts.” Headmaster of Panchpara Government Primary School Sonjoy Malongi
said: “Dust from the roads enter into the nose and eyes of the school children while crossing the highway due to its poor condition. As a result, they have been facing breathing problems.” Bacchu Mia, a microbus driver said: “During summer season drivers don’t dare to cross the highway. Usually drivers avoid the road as bumpy rides damage our vehicles. Passengers have to pay extra fare while going through an alternative way. Sometimes, they don’t agree to pay higher fares.” Alamgir Hossain, president of BusLabour Union of Pirojpur said: “Vehicles move slowly due to the run-down condition of the road.” Nur-e-Alam Siddique, a Local of Matibhanga area said: “It is difficult to cross the road by walking.”
Riazul Islam, a bus driver informed that his vehicle got damaged earlier on February 17 while heading towards Pirojpur through the road. It cost him Tk1300 to repair it. Atiqul Islam, deputy assistant engineer of Pirojpur Road Division said: “Two companies including BTSL and RBJB were awarded the contract of Tk10.31 lakh on October 19, 2010 for carpeting works on 7km road. Carpeting of 4km of the road has been completed and work of the rest 3km remained unfinished. We issued a letter to them to finish the work as soon as possible.” “We made a project of Tk40 crore to repair the road and sent it to the higher officials. The work will be started after getting allocation,” he added. l
Extension of Dhaka Shishu Hospital Project Dhaka Shishu Hospital Sher-E-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207
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INVITATION FOR TENDER
NEWS IN BRIEF Minor boy drowns in Rajshahi A minor boy drowned in a pond in Shah Makhdum Mazar area of the city on Friday. The dead Mim, 4, was son of Firoz, a resident of the area. SM Abdus Sobhan, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said Mim had gone missing on Thursday. Later, his body was spotted afloat in a pond near Shah Makhdum Shrine in the afternoon. – UNB
Fire gutted houses in Magura Several houses were gutted when a fire broke out in Abdullapur village under Magura Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. Fire service sources said the fire originated from the kitchen of one Bakiar Rahman this morning and immediately engulfed the adjacent area. Fire Service units doused the flame after half an hour struggle. No casualties were reported. - BSS
Mental patient killed in Pabna A mental patient was killed by a fellow patient in Pabna Mental Hospital yesterday morning. The victim was Joynal Abedin, 45. He was admitted in the hospital on January, 12, this year. Police and the mental hospital sources said the victim was undergoing treatment in ward number 9 of the hospital. Another patient Ashraful Islam of the same ward killed him with piece of heavy metal in the toilet of the ward around 9am yesterday. – Our Correspondent
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5 killed, 30 injured in accidents n Tribune Report A total of three people were killed and 47 injured in separate road accidents yesterday in Patuakhali, Jhenaidah, Bhola and Natore. In Patuakhali, 19 were injured after a Madaripur-bound picnic bus with around 45 Madaripur Government Nazimuddin College students fell into a roadside ditch on the Kuakata-Patuakhali road in the morning, reports our Barisal correspondent. Officer-in-Charge Tarekuzzaman of Kalapara police station said the bus of Turan Paribahon had lost control near Rajopara of Kalapara upazila around 8am. He said the students were returning from Kuakata after their picnic. The driver and the conductor of the bus fled the scene after the accident, he added. Among the 19 injured, 16 were released after primary treatment at Kalapara Upazila Health Complex. The other three were sent to Barisal Sher E Bangla Medical College Hospital. In Jhenaidah, a man was killed and six injured after a bus and a local human haulier collided head-on near Kala-Lakkhipur area on the JhenaidahDhaka highway in the afternoon, reports our correspondent. The dead was Sudeb Kundu, 60. The
injured were rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital. In-charge of Hatgopalpur police outpost Abdul Momin said the dead was travelling on the human haulier. The Chuadanga-bound JR Paribahan bus from Dhaka managed to flee immediately. In Bhola, a nine-year-old schoolboy was killed in a road accident on the Kabir Miah Brick Field Road in Joya village of the district’s Borhanuddin upazila, reports UNB. The dead M Yeamin was a class II student of a local primary school. Witnesses said the accident took place around 9am when a goods-laden shallow engine-run vehicle ran over Yeamin while he was crossing the road on way to his school, leaving him dead on the spot. In Natore, a man was killed and five others were injured when a microbus crashed into a roadside tree in Kachihata area of Gurudaspur upazila under Natore district, reports BSS. Fuad Ruhani, officer-in-charge of Bonparha Highway Police Outpost, said the deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam, 37, of Bagatiparha upazila of the district. He said the accident took place around 7:30am when the vehicle’s driver lost control over the steering after crossing the Kachhikatha No 10 bridge on Bonpara- Hatikumrul highway. l
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