A pilot project to carry out the plan to give students free uniforms and learning materials will be launched early next year, said Dr Zahed Ur Rahman, the Prime Minister’s adviser on information and broadcasting.
He said this on Tuesday (10 November) in reply to reporters’ questions at a press conference on the progress of various government programmes.
At the press conference, a journalist said Tk 41,900 crore had been allocated to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, which was encouraging. But the 180-day programme announced after the current government took office had promised students free uniforms and other materials, and preparations had been made, yet students had still not received the benefit.
The journalist asked whether students would get it from the next academic year, and whether the pilot project taken up earlier was still in place.
In reply, Zahed Ur Rahman said the pilot project would go ahead and would be launched early next year.
“A big project should have a pilot,” he said. “The pilot will go ahead. Early next year, I can assure you.”
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