Minimum educational qualification sought

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for fixing a minimum education qualification for the members and chairmen of the governing bodies of non-government schools and colleges.
The people who have at least obtained the Secondary School Certificate should be selected as members, while the chairmen should have a bachelor degree, they said.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid slightly differed with the recommendation, saying the qualification would have to be fixed considering all educational institutions of the country.
Many people want to be in the governing bodies for personal interests but one should have a mindset for serving the institutions, he told the roundtable, "Governing bodies of non-government educational institutions: Experience and responsibilities", at a city hotel.
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Education organised the programme.
Urging the members and chairmen of the governing bodies to work impartially, Nahid said, "Schools or colleges do not belong to a particular party. Everyone's children study there."
Prof Fahima Khatun, chairman, Dhaka Education Board, pointed out the issue of lawmakers' interference in the formation of governing bodies and school managing committees.