COMPULSORY FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION

COMPULSORY FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION

Education is the backbone of a nation. It is the fullest development of the body, soul and mind. Primary education is the basis of all education. So, it must be achieved first. In our country primary education has been compulsory.

Compulsory free primary education means that every boy and girl of a fixed age (6 to 10) is required to have primary education by the direct help of the state. The state takes it as a bounden responsibility. Every boy and girl should respond to his great act of state. The government takes all liabilities of primary education. That’s to say, primary education has been made full free.

Reasons for making primary education free:

1. Poor parents can’t send their child to school because of their poverty.
2. It is compulsory to remove illiteracy from the country by hook or by crook. So, government has taken this step.
3. For the development of the country primary education has been made free by a poor country like Bangladesh
4. To present a good nation government has taken this initiative.

The aims of the primary education: The aims of free primary education are noted here.

1. To remove illiteracy.
2. To develop body, morality, mentality, social and emotional personality of the children.
3. For growing the citizenship, patriotism, dutifulness and curiosity of the children.
4. To become persevering and laborious.
5. For learning good manner and thus other human qualities.
6. It is prepared the children to take later higher education.

The primary education of Bangladesh: An under-developing country like Bangladesh can’t prosper without removing illiteracy. Because of the fact that our total development is vitally connected with education. If primary education in Bangladesh is given top most importance and if we are able to advance to forward in a planned and disciplined way we will be successful.

Ways and means of making primary education compulsory: To make primary education compulsory the following steps must be taken:

1. Vacancy of the primary teachers must be filled up with the qualified teachers.
2. Primary education must be free and many schools must be set up.
3. Free books and dresses must be supplied.
4. Various teaching aids must be supplied.
5. The eagerness of education must be grown up to the mind of people.
6. After all, the teachers have to teach earnestly.

Compulsory primary education is the corner-stone of success. Government’s initiative in this respect is really praise worthy. We expect that for the development of our nation and country this program might be rendered into really.