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531 institutions damaged
Altogether 531 educational institutions were torched and vandalised across the country before and during the just-held parliamentary election, according to the Education Minister.
Published : 7 Jan 2014, 06:35 PM
Updated : 7 Jan 2014, 07:04 PM
After visiting Faidabad Govt Primary School in the capital, Dhaka, one of damaged institutions, Nurul Islam Nahid told reporters on Wednesday that the institutions would be repaired soon.
He appealed to well-off people to help in repairing the institutions.
Anti-election campaigners damaged and torched the institutions, which were supposed to be used as polling centres, prior to and during the Jan 5 voting.
The minister said the affected institutions include 419 primary schools, 82 high schools, 21 madrasas and nine colleges.
He said classes at the extensively damaged institutions would be conducted in an ‘alterative way’, without explaining in what way.
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