Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has termed the monthly pay order (MPO) scheme for educational institutions a “bad policy”.
"The system must be reformed," Muhith said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on Sunday.
The finance minister also announced to brought new educational institutions under government’s MPO coverage but with some conditions.
Asked about the conditions, he said a portion of the fund would be allotted for renovations and purchase of necessary materials.
“A meeting will be held this month to discuss MPO inclusion,” Muhith said.
The minister said the education ministry never took any step to reform the system and it was him who drafted the national education policy.
“They just finalised it after some modifications,” he said.
The government enlisted 624 educations institutions under its Monthly Payment Order in 2010. The process has since been on hold.
“We have put it on hold because it is beneficial only to the teachers. I will attach some conditions first so that the whole system can be managed,” said Muhith.
He came down hard on the institutions where classes of different grades are held in a room at a time.
According to bdnews24, the minister cited an example of five teachers teaching students from as many classes in a single room.
It is important to make sure that students of different grades get separate classes even if they are “under trees”, he said.
The government is nationalising the schools in phases, Muhith said.
