Education and Primary Mass Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon has described teachers as “chiropractors” in shaping the nation’s future generation.
“If education is the backbone of the nation, then the responsibility of keeping that backbone straight falls upon teachers. Despite various limitations and challenges, teachers must properly fulfill their moral and professional duties. Because teachers are the nation’s chiropractors, who shape the country’s future generation,” he said.
The minister made these remarks at the inaugural ceremony of a training programme organised by the National Academy for Educational Management (NAEM) in the capital on Sunday. NAEM arranged the event to train teachers of newly nationalised colleges.
Addressing the teachers participating in the training, the education minister said, “After completing the training, everyone should submit their recommendations in writing so that future training programmes can be further improved. An effective and timely education system can be built based on teachers’ opinions and experiences.”
Referring to the education sector as a place of worship, he further said, “Every good outcome created through educational activities is part of ongoing charity, which benefits the teacher in the long term. Teachers must perform their duties with this perspective. They must consider their students as their own children and nurture them accordingly. Because the overall development of the education sector is not the sole agenda of any individual or government; rather, it is a national commitment. In achieving this goal, the role of teachers is the most important.”
The education minister also said that the time has come to take necessary initiatives to eliminate the prolonged process of SSC and HSC examinations. Referring to various structural limitations of the education system, he said, “Even though educational institutions complete classes and examinations for SSC and HSC candidates by 31 December, the education boards conduct these two public examinations not in December of that year but in April and June of the following year. As a result, students’ valuable time is being wasted, which causes significant loss at the national level.”
Also present at the event were Professor Khan Moinuddin Al Mahmud Sohel, director (secondary) of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, and Wasim Md Mezbahul Haque, director general of NAEM, along with others.
