Internatoinal Literacy Day 2008 Observed

DHAKA

With Partcipation of local citizen groups, SUPRO  observed International Literacy Day 2008 at Dhaka on 08 September 2008 at in front of National Musium, Shahbugh, Dhaka. Human Chain, Discussion, Cultural Programme and a colourfull rally is organised and raised 07 points demands to observed the day. 

BOGURA

SUPRO Bogura District Committee observed International Literacy Day 2008 through organising Human Chain, Discussion Meeting and Memorandum Sending to District Administration on 08 September 2008.

A Colourful human chain is organised to observe the day on 04 PM at Satmatha, the centre place of district. After organing the Human Chain, a Discussion Meeting on the day is held at Public Library Auditorium where SUPRO District President Prodip Bhattacharya Shankar chaired and SUPRO District Secretary and Naitonal Council Member, K G M Faruqe moderated the discussion.

The speakers told that the state has committed to provide basic necessities like education as constitutional obligation, but the projects that are taken to literate the children and olders has been failded to reach in objectives. As per millenium declaration, welknown as MDGs has set out a target to literate all people within 2015. But the real senerio’s pictured the opposite scence. So, we should increase the budget allocation to take practical actions to increase literacy rate to reach the MDGs within 2015.

Mr. K M A Bari, Head of English Department, Govt. Mojibur Rahman College; Mr. Rezaul Karim Tansen, Central Organing Secretary, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD); Mr. Abdur Rahim, Colamists and President of District Udichi; Khandokar Golam Kader, Vice President, Bogura Theatre; Mr. Al Mahmood, President of District SUJON; Mr. Hafez Ahmed, Leader of Communist Party; Khandokar Abdur Rahim, Ex-President of Bogura Press Club; Mr. Mir Morshed Ali, President of Bogura Blind Welfare Association; Mr. S M Khairul Alam, Interantional Secretary of Non-Government Primary Teachers Association; NGO Activists Mr. Bazlur Rahman, Rafiqul Islam, Biran Das spoke in the discussion meeting.

Mr. Mahfuzul Islam Dulu, prominent language movement leader and president of Oikya Mancha; Dr. Mostofa Alam Nannu, President of Shadhinota Chikissok Council; Mr. Toufiq Hasan Moina, President of Sammilito Sangkritik Jote; Adovocate Polash Khodokar, President Uchchcharan Academy; Women Activists Ferdous Akhter Himi; Shirin Sultana; Sakina Akhter Saki also spoke in the human chain and discussion meeting.

8 points demands also prepared for submitting memorandum to district administration in the following day.

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International Literacy Day 2008

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Education is the key to Poverty

 

SUPRO observed International Literacy Day at 35 districts and national level through organizing human chain, rally, discussion and cultural program on 8 September 2008. In addition to that some districts submitted memorandum to government through District Commissioner. The national level program held in front of National Museum, Shahbag, Dhaka through organizing human chain with its fellow organizations. Education activists, CSOs, NGOs representative, grassroots people took part in the human chain. SUPRO also organized a cultural event for mass gathering.

 

To observe the day SUPRO came out with its own slogan “Education is the key to poverty.” For the last couple of years, literacy program was not in priority list of government planning, despite having declaration in MDGs to achieve 100% literacy within 2015. According to government statistics, 46.32 % population is still illiterate, which indicates that long way to go by 2015 as there is no clear policy frame to address the issue of 100% literacy. But there are many projects to enhance literacy rate supported by external loans with strong conditionalities, eventually which enhance poverty, inequality and inaccessibility of essential services to the poor and marginalized people. These projects are not adequate according to requirement of mass people.  For this reason, civil society of Bangladesh demanded to government to take initiative to declare literacy and education as fundamental rights guaranteed by constitution.

 

Through the rally and discussion SUPRO placed the following demands:  

 

1.      Education must be considered as fundamental rights in Bangladesh’s constitution

2.      Formulate specific action plan and allocate budget accordingly in order to ensure 100% literacy for all 

3.      Teacher student ratio must be increased for qualitative education. This must be made at 1:40 from existing 1:60.

4.      All sort of irregularities, corruption and ill management must be removed to increase literacy and retaining education for new-literate under the projects of non-formal education

5.      Introduce mid-day meal in primary education to reduce drop-out rate

6.      Role of local government must be increased in primary and mass education

7.      Irregularities must be removed in the stipend program of primary education.