The government followed in the footsteps of private educational institutions by launching online classes after the country went into lockdown in mid-March. It will be better for us if the schools reopen and we attend classes in person,” he said. In Sherpur’s Nakla Upazila, Baneshwardi Khandakerpara Government Primary School has failed to arrange the online classes even after training its teachers on it. “Poverty is obviously a problem, but many students are not attending online classes because they are not used to it. Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, deputy minister for education, admitted that many students lack access to the technology required to attend online classes.

Source: bd News24 October 09, 2020 05:48 UTC