Schools to reopen soon: Dipu Moni

Education minister Dipu Moni on Friday expressed her hope to reopen all the educational institutions soon following the downtrend of Covid cases in the country.

“The positivity rate is decreasing day by day and, hopefully, all the educational institutions will be reopened soon,” she said at a view exchange programme with the leaders of Sylhet district and city unit of Awami League at Sylhet Circuit House auditorium.

“Everyone must follow the health guidelines as the pandemic is not over yet,” she added.

On January 21, the government announced the closure of schools, colleges and equivalent educational institutions across the country until February 6. Later, on February 2, the closure was extended for two more weeks to curb the spread of Covid-19.

After a shutdown of a year and half due to the pandemic, educational institutions reopened in Bangladesh for in-person classes on a limited scale in September last year.

According to UNICEF Bangladesh has seen the second-longest Covid school closure in the world.

UNICEF has also made calls, highlighting the adverse impacts of learning loss for children.