Education adviser Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar on Sunday said that they were working on some internal plans to bridle to prevent corruption in the sector.
鈥榃e have some internal plans on this (eliminating corruption),鈥� he said, adding, 鈥榤aybe you can see some steps in near future.鈥�
After a meeting with the members of the White Paper Committee 2024, he also said that they had started working to move forward with the proposals mentioned in the 鈥榃hite Paper on State of the Bangladesh Economy鈥�.
The meeting was held at the ministry conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat.
A 12-member committee headed by economist Debapriya Bhattacharya prepared the White Paper and submitted it to chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on December 1, 2024.
According to the paper, in the education sector some studies point to specific forms of corruption, including collecting unauthorised fees for school admission, not distributing free textbooks, coercing students to take private tuition, and taking bribes to disburse school stipends and grants.
The paper has also found corruption in procurement, corruption committed by officers assigned to monitor education at the grassroots and politically-driven handpicking of managing committee members.
Following the meeting, Debapriya Bhattacharya told 抖阴精品 that at the meeting improvement of the quality of education was the foremost issue that was discussed. Existing inequality in education was also discussed, he mentioned.
Discussions were also held on the disparities between the demand side in the evolving domestic and foreign labour market and the supply side through training and capacity building in the country, while focusing on the need for investment in the education sector.听
Debapriya emphasised technical education, madrassah education and employment related education for aspiring migrant workers.
Professor Abrar told 抖阴精品 that it would take long to ensure quality education and check corruption in the sector.
Regarding students frequently taking to the streets with different demands, he asked why they were losing trust.听
鈥榃e are trying to understand these questions,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥榳e do not know the solutions yet.鈥�
He added that to find the answer they were holding multi-stakeholder dialogues.
A press release issued by the ministry on the day read that the adviser said that besides the issues upheld in the White Paper, the ministry was tackling other multi-dimensional challenges also on daily basis.听听
The meeting was attended, among others, by Secondary and Higher Education Division senior secretary Siddique Zobair and Technical and Madrassah Education Division secretary KM Kabirul Islam.听听
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