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Buildings of 11,000 schools across Bangladesh in poor condition: Education minister
Buildings of around 11,000 educational institutions in Bangladesh are in shabby condition, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told Parliament.
Published : 29 June 2015, 08:53 AM
Updated : 29 June 2015, 10:18 AM
“The number of educational institutions with buildings needed to be renovated is 10,960,” he said on Monday during a question-answer session.
Tk 370 million—allocated in the current fiscal’s budget— have been spent to complete unfinished construction for 271 schools and renovating another 1,702 schools, Nahid told the House.
Replying a query, the minister said the government would consider inclusion of more schools under its Monthly Payment Order (MPO) scheme upon budgetary allocations.
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