National education survey begins tomorrow

The month-long national education survey-2008 will begin across the country tomorrow with a view to collecting all kinds of information from all post-primary education institutions.
Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (Banbeis) will conduct the survey at over 33,000 high schools, colleges, madrasas, universities, polytechnic and vocational institutions from October 15 to November 15 under the National Education Survey and Training (NEST) programme.
For this purpose, a total of 1600 teachers were trained up who will collect information from the field levels.
Banbeis Director Ahsan Abdullah said, “The survey will be conducted for collecting accurate, complete and updated information from all post-primary education institutions. The data will be disseminated to all stakeholders.”
He said this at a press conference at Banbeis auditorium in the city yesterday.
This survey is an important monitoring tool, which will help know the country's position in achieving millennium development goals (MDGs) and education for all, he added.
Banbeis director said, “After nine years, we are going to conduct the survey. The government has funded Tk 312 lakh to serve the purpose.”
He hoped that all kinds of confusions centring data of post-primary seat capacity and other information would be ended if the survey is conducted properly.
A 12-member programme steering committee headed by education secretary and a 13-member programme implementation committee headed by Banbeis director were formed to monitor the survey.