Govt wants to see NGOs as dev partners
The government wants to see the NGOs as its development associates, but it is unfortunate that some quarters term such partnership with the government as 'NGOisation', Primary and Mass Education Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury said yesterday.
She made this remark in reference to the primary teachers' protest against the government move allowing Brac to supervise primary schools in 20 upazilas in a bid to upgrade standard of primary education.
“Nobody opposed when 27 foreign consultants were appointed under PEDP second phase (Primary Education Development Programme-2). Nobody said it was 'donorisation', but now when we are implementing a home-grown model, a quarter is opposing it,” Rasheda K Chowdhury said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Brac Development Institute of Brac University at Brac Centre Inn in the city.
“Opposition is there whenever there are some good initiatives. Is there any gap between the government and common people? Maybe, there is something like that,” she added.
Referring to opposition of National Women Development Policy by a vested quarter, the adviser said there cannot be any human rights policy that goes against religion.
Speaking as the special guest, Rasheda K Chowdhury, also adviser to women and children affairs, said there are a lot of cases where women are subjected to violence because of disputes linked to land, adding “Women face harassment for land on which they actually have no rights,” she said.
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