Muhith proposes Tk 530.54b budget for educational purposes

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday proposed an allocation of Tk 530.54 billion for education in the national budget for 2018-19 fiscal. Muhith said, 7,000 primary schools with separate wash blocks for boys and girls to ensure better environment for education; 65,000 classrooms, 10,500 teachers’ rooms, boundary walls in 5,000 schools will be constructed and 30,000 pieces of sports-goods will be distributed. “As follow up previous programmes, we will establish another 1,000 primary schools in areas without schools,”...