The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) has ordered every secondary school and college in the country to form a committee to prevent drug abuse and eve-teasing, the sexual harassment of girls and women in public. The committees are to be made up of teachers, parents, local officials and elected representatives.
The instruction was given in a letter signed by Md Rezaul Karim, assistant director (general administration) of the directorate, on Sunday, 8 November. It follows a decision taken at a meeting of the national security committee.
The National Security Intelligence (NSI) national security committee held its monthly meeting on 5 November. In line with the decision taken there, steps have been taken to form drug and eve-teasing prevention committees in all secondary schools and colleges. The letter says such a committee must be formed at each institution, made up of teachers, parents, local officials and elected representatives.
Institutions have been told to confirm that the committee has been formed and to send a report within three working days. The directorate’s regional directors have been asked to make sure committees are formed at the colleges in their areas.
Reports on the committees must be sent within the set time to the directorate’s email address, ad-admin@dshe.gov.bd.
The letter has been sent to the DSHE’s regional directors across the country and to the principals of government and private colleges and teachers’ training colleges.
It stresses forming the committees to prevent drugs and eve-teasing at educational institutions and submitting the reports within the set time.
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