{"id":70081,"date":"2021-07-03T12:07:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=70081"},"modified":"2021-07-03T12:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T12:07:09","slug":"cant-put-lives-of-students-in-danger-pm-about-school-college-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=70081","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t put lives of students in danger: PM about school, college closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Admitting the losses Bangladesh\u2019s education sector has suffered for the prolonged closure of educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government cannot put the lives of students at stake knowing it clearly that Covid-19 will infect them as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren are also getting infected by coronavirus. [This is good] they\u2019ll learn but the question is whether we should force them to the verge of death knowing this virus will infect them, too,\u201d Sheikh Hasina said.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said this while delivering her winding-up speech at the budget session in Parliament as a number of opposition MPs, including deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader, criticised the government for keeping educational institutions shut for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n

Sheikh Hasina, also the leader of the house, said the government will open the educational institutions after vaccinating students.<\/p>\n

She mentioned that the parents of students are also not interested in sending their children to educational institutions. \u201cThose who\u2019re most vocal about it have no children who are students or their children have already completed their education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hasina said the government has already vaccinated the teachers and will provide vaccines for the students following the instructions of the World Health Organisation (WHO). \u201cWe\u2019ve to follow WHO. Keeping that point in mind, we\u2019ve started our job regarding vaccination of the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talking about the problem of getting coronavirus vaccines, the Prime Minister said the government has procured vaccines from India with cash. \u201cBut the sudden spike in coronavirus infections in India forced the country to impose a ban on vaccine export. We\u2019ve faced problems for some days,\u201d she admitted.<\/p>\n

Hasina informed the House that a good number of doses of Pfizer, Moderna and Sinopharm vaccines have already arrived in the country. \u201cWe\u2019re also communicating with the countries where the vaccines of coronavirus are available. We\u2019ll procure more vaccines; we\u2019ll buy, no matter what the price is. For that, we\u2019ve allocated separate funds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said the government is communicating with China, Russia, the USA, Japan and Australia to collect vaccines, and the government will provide free vaccines to up to 80 percent of people. \u201cWe\u2019ve made the Covid-19 test free as the number of infected people has surged at the district level in recent times,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Vaccine funds<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said the government has been allocated Tk 32,236 crore for vaccine procurement while an additional amount of Tk 10,000 crore has been kept aside for emergency purposes.<\/p>\n

Talking about the lockdown, she said the government will look after the food security issue of people and called on all to keep themselves safe from coronavirus and other health hazards. \u201cPlease follow the health guidelines, let no coronavirus spread further,\u201d she appealed.<\/p>\n

Hasina also mentioned that before the Eid-ul-Fitr she had requested people repeatedly not to move from the places where they were. \u201cBut many did not pay heed to that, they rushed (to their village homes). What\u2019s the result of that now– the spread of the virus! If everyone had listened to our call this spread might not have occurred!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hasina said the government has been able to maintain the pace of the economy during the pandemic. \u201cThat\u2019s why inflation is under control while the growth is maintained properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough we couldn\u2019t achieve the growth that we had wanted, we have attained the highest growth in South Asia,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister said the aim of this year\u2019s budget was to face the coronavirus and revive the economy that suffered heavily due to this deadly virus, bring the marginal people under the coverage of social safety net and give topmost priority to health services.<\/p>\n

She also briefly described the various measures of the government, including the stimulus packages given by the government, to offset the impacts of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Drug abuse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talking about drug abuse, the Prime Minister said it is now a problem for the whole world, including Bangladesh. \u201cWe\u2019re taking action against it, but this cannot be controlled,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hasina requested parents and guardians to look after their children. Guardians and teachers have to give good lessons to the children so that they do not go down any wrong path, she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Admitting the losses Bangladesh\u2019s education sector has suffered for the prolonged closure of educational institutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government cannot put the lives of students at stake knowing it clearly that Covid-19 will infect them as well. \u201cChildren are also getting infected by coronavirus. [This is good] they\u2019ll learn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":70082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n