Pradeep Kumar Rat
The incident of five students being injured when a 6th grade classroom of Jankalyan Multipurpose High School of Ratpur Upazila collapsed and five students were injured, this is our education. A cruel picture of the tragic reality of the infrastructure and indiscretion.
The video of the incident has deeply saddened me as a teacher, a conscious citizen and especially working in this school from 2000 to 2008, seeing the screams of the injured children and the screams of the classroom.
A school should be a place of safety, knowledge and humanity where children will sit and take lessons, dream, take their own lives, but the reality is that the roof of the classroom is not safe in many of our educational institutions. If you are at risk of life, how are we going to school with books and notebooks?
The most alarming poison is that it is known that the headmaster of the school had come to know about the pathetic condition of the building a year ago from the concerned authorities. That is, there was already a danger of danger, but no effective action was taken despite that warning, it was not just negligence, it was a failure to fulfill the dutifulness. Letting the teaching of students in a dangerous building cannot be accepted in any way.
Education is the first condition of education in our country, new curriculum, modernity, digital education—all are important. But if education is the first condition of education If not a safe environment, how realistic are these initiatives? traditional education The basic foundation of the system was the cordial relationship between teachers, students and schools. Today, if insecurity has entered the relationship, it is an ominous sign for the education system.
A injured child is not just a student; he is a family's dream, a society's potential, a country's future. The collapse of the plaster in the classroom means not only the death of the people, but also the loss of our conscience.
After this incident, Datsara should not stop investigating. The school has urgently demanded the renovation of the school's dangerous buildings, the accountability of the Datis and the inspection of the buildings of all the nearby educational institutions including Rachapur. Directorate of Engineering, School Management Committee and all related quarters should come forward in a coordinated manner.
Today's incident gave us a finger in our eyes - education We don't want a child to be shook with the screams of a book or curriculum, it's also a poison to ensure a safe environment. We want education to be a truly safe haven.
