The country’s educational activities have been disrupted massively due to the long shutdown caused by coronavirus outbreak. Also, it is still uncertain as to when the education institutions will resume their activities. However, there has been extreme chaos over the payment of tuition fees of students.
Disputes are going on between the educational institutions and the parents in this regard. This complication has reached serious proportions, especially in private educational institutions. On the other hand, there are also discrepancies among higher education students as to the effectiveness of online education.
A report published in this daily projects that most of the private universities and some public universities have started online classes, with a large segment of students failing to have access to internet facilities and other digital facilities across the country and that has thrown young learners into uncertainty.
At this time the parents and authorities of
schools have to come to an understanding
to help each other out.
Meanwhile, owners of private schools have to spend a lot of money to run their institutes. Most of the private educational institutions in big cities including Dhaka are run on lease. Even if it is closed, the school authorities have to pay the minimum electricity bill.
On top of that, there are regular salaries of school teachers, staff and employees. This situation is getting worse due to the problem of being closed down for so long. At this time the parents and authorities of schools have to come to an understanding to help each other out.
Regarding higher education, there are many who repeatedly express their opinion of online education being a new experience in the country.
The outbreak has been raging for the past four months, if it takes more than four months to come up with a suitable solution for the scholars and academics of the country, who are leading the youth to become appropriate citizens, to this crucial problem then it is very much disconcerting as to how gloom the future looks.
We should look towards the West to find out how the numerous universities and schools in those countries are functioning in this epidemic. If school, college and university authorities are failing to achieve this, then it is high time for the government to intervene and provide an appropriate solution.
