'Community participation a must for quality pry edn'

Speakers at a dialogue yesterday said that effective community participation could ensure quality primary education.

The dialogue titled 'The Involvement of Local Community in the Qualitative Development of Primary Education' was organised by Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) at its auditorium at Dhanmondi in the city.

DAM director Prof Ahmadullah Miah moderated the dialogue with its president and chief executive Rafiqul Alam in the chair.

The dialogue started with a multimedia presentation by project coordinator Jahangir Alam on CLSP project being implemented by DAM with assistance from Plan Bangla-desh.

Former Jahangirnagar Univer-sity (JU) Vice-Chancellor Dr. Kazi Saleh Ahmed, CAMPE director Rasheda K Chowdhury, JU Prof Shafi Ahmed, Nurul Islam Khan, M Ehsanur Rahman and Azizul Huq also spoke at the dialogue.

Speakers said such dialogues can help in finding the ways and means for ensuring quality in the primary education.