What the education minister said about online classes

Education Minister Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury.

The government announced the closure of all educational institutions in the country on July 17 due to the quota reform movement. Primary schools are also closed indefinitely.  Last Monday (July 29) some students took to the streets to protest, Education Minister Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury said that he wants to open the educational institutions step by step.


 The minister said this after a special meeting on the ongoing situation in the meeting room of the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Secretariat on Tuesday (July 30). The Minister of Education said that we want to open the educational institutions step by step after discussing with all the authorities. Security will be determined through risk assessment. We are assessing security risks every day. I will take them into consideration and let you know in due course. If the security risk is reduced, then you will know when it will be opened. On the question whether online classes can be held, the Education Minister said, since the Internet has become operational, we are also considering it. We are currently discussing with the universities. It should be noted that secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions were declared closed on the evening of July 16 in a press release of the Ministry of Education when a violent situation arose around the students' movement demanding quota reforms in government jobs. On the same day, the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed to stop the educational programs of all public and private universities of the country. After that, the universities announced the closure of the educational programs and ordered the students to leave the halls.


 Earlier, the ongoing HSC and equivalent examination on July 18 was postponed with a notification on July 16. On July 18, the July 28 exam was also postponed due to the ongoing violence over the quota system. All examinations are postponed till September 1.