The Milestone School and College resumed classes partially on Wednesday 15 days after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into it, killing at least 34 people, most of them primary-level students of the educational institution located in the capital鈥檚 Uttara.
Scores of others, mostly schoolchildren, were injured in the incident on July 21.
As of August 4 update provided by the health and family welfare ministry, 34 people injured in the jet crash were still undergoing treatment at three hospitals in the capital Dhaka.
The academic activities of the classes of IX, X and XII resumed on Wednesday. The admission procedure for the Class XI is yet to be held across the country after the announcement of results of the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations on July 10.
No decision has been taken yet to resume the academic activities of the classes of Play Group to VIII, said Milestone School and College public relations officer Shah Bulbul.
On the first day of classes after the accident, he said, the presence of students was almost normal.
鈥楾he presence of students in these classes usually remain 90 per cent or over. On Wednesday, the presence in these classes was about 85 per cent,鈥� Bulbul said.
According to the Milestone authorities, among the deceased, 27 are schoolchildren, three student guardians, two schoolteachers and one school attendant. The pilot was also killed in the crash.
No one among the casualties remained unidentified or missing, they said.
On August 3, students of the classes of IX, X and XII came to the educational institution鈥檚 campus, but no classes were held. Prayer sessions were held at the campus throughout the day.
Three counselling teams operated by the Bangladesh Air Force, BRAC University and Milestone were working at present to counsel the students and the guardians, said Bulbul.
The Milestone counselling team will work for three months, he added.
