COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCTION

The meaning of compulsory primary education is that all the children up to the age of 10 must complete their education up to the level of class v. Its purpose is to impart knowledge of reading, writing and simple Arithmetic.

Illiteracy is a curse. It is the root cause of poverty. No development programmer can attain success due to illiteracy. On the other hand education is the backbone of a nation. It removes darkness and enlightens mind. It also shows how malnutrition, hunger and disease can be overcome. If the citizens of a country are given right type of education, they will be able to solve the economic, social and political problems of their country. Hence all the children of a country like ours must be given education up to certain level. Therefore, universal primary education has become a vital national issue.

Bangladesh is beset with many problems. So it is very difficult to educate all the people within a short time. A large portion of the children have not yet got the opportunity to go to primary schools. There are about 44000 primary schools in our country which are not sufficient to provide accommodation for all the children. Moreover the poor and illiterate parents do not realist the importance of education. Considering all these problems, primary education should be made free and compulsory.

In order to mark the compulsory free primary education programmer successful we have to eradicate the problems that stand in the way of it. Firstly the parents should be made to realist the importance of education. More school should be established so that no student is deprived of having primary education. Poor students should be provided with books, pens, dresses etc. In order to build up good and efficient teachers, training facilities should be arranged.

The government of our country has taken some to remove illiteracy from the society. The year 1992 has started as the year for universal education. For this purpose one Thaana has been selected in every district. All the children between ages from 5 to 7 must go to school. They are taught free there. All other thanes will be brought under this programmer by phases. The government has also taken vigorous campaign programmer to motivate parents to send their children to schools. The government has also launched food for education programmed to inspire the poor parents to send their children to schools. Text books are also supplied to the student free of cost. Again UNSCOSO, ASHA and much other organization have come forward to wipe out illiteracy from the country.

The prosperity and progress of our nation depends upon the complete removal of illiteracy. For that implementation of compulsory free primary education has become a crying need. If we are to a rightful place in the world. We have to bend al our resources and energies to this great purpose without wasting time any more.