Hasina urges rich in Bangladesh to help set up digital classrooms in all primary schools

Sheikh Hasina has implored the well-heeled people in society to help launch digital classrooms in every primary school.

The prime minister made the call as she inaugurated the process of interactive multimedia digital contents for primary students at her office on Sunday.

“I would request the wealthy and those doing well to present (a laptop or a multimedia projector) to the schools where you studied and the areas you come from,” she said.

Hasina said besides her government’s efforts, personal initiatives are needed for the digitalisation of primary schools. 
 
She also said she believes in a country of 160 million people, it will not be tough to establish one multimedia classroom in each of the 63,601 primary schools.
 
“The future generation will have to be ready to lead the nation. We want to make their educational grounding more solid.”
 
The initiative will introduce digitally interactive contents for 17 primary-level textbooks of the national curriculum including Bangla, English, Mathematics, Science and Bangladesh and Global Studies.

BRAC and Save the Children will provide technical support for the contents of 12 and seven books, respectively.

It was said at the ceremony the government has established multimedia classrooms in 1,500 primary schools and handed out laptops in 7,000 of those institutions.

Hasina emphasised primary education and introduction of digital, interactive study materials to it. She said “primary education builds the foundation of all education” which is why “we have prioritised it”.

“Studies should be made fun. Schools should also have such environment.”

The prime minister believed the multimedia classrooms will create greater opportunities for students to be enthusiastic to know, understand, and study better.

“There is a huge difference between learning by reading and learning by seeing,” she added.

Hasina said as a mother, she had never forced her children to study. “Parents should stop pressurising their children to study or comparing them with others.”