Banglanews24.com . Dhaka
The parliamentary standing committee on education ministry will parley with the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, about inadequate budgetary allocation for country’s education sector in the current fiscal year.
Lawmakers on the watchdog body also expressed concern over the less allocation for enlisting the educational institutions under monthly payment order and also for providing time-scale for the teachers.
The chairman of the parliamentary standing committee, Rashed Khan Menon, aired such frustration while talking to journalists after the 23rd meeting of the committee held at the Sangsad Bhaban Sunday.
Rashed Khan said: ‘Around 1,000 education institutions are supposed to be included in the MPO list during the current year. A total of Tk 220 crore is needed for reaching the goal but the overall allocation is only Tk 15 crore for this purpose.’
Besides, he told reporters, a total of Tk 327 crore was needed for providing the time-scale but there had been no allocation on this head.
In this regard, Rashed Khan also mentioned that the education ministry had already discussed the issue with the finance ministry, but to no avail so far.
Against such a backdrop, the parliamentary standing committee on education decided to sit with the premier regarding the matter.
The chairman of the committee also alleged that the budgetary allocation had been cut down in the current fiscal year, compared to previous fiscal years.
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