Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will take final decision over bringing non-MPO primary schools under the Monthly Pay Order (MPO) system during the next national budget.
"We will do it considering all these things (necessary requirements), enlisting all schools and examining school locations, as we have promised. We will be able to take the final decision during the next budget," she said.
The Prime Minister came up with the statement on Wednesday while responding to a supplementary question during the PM's question-answer session in the parliament.
Sheikh Hasina noted that the government nationalises a school or brings it under MPO on the basis of a policy.
"We will consider all these things, including the number of students, standard of a school, standard of teaching and teachers," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the government will examine which schools are eligible to be included under the MPO system.
UNB says, She told the House that she refused even a request from one of her relatives for nationalising a school with only 150 students in Rangpur.
"There shall be a logical ground [to nationalise a school]," she said, adding that she cannot commit a big injustice nationalising a school at the request of a relative.
