'Education is a loss but not having a life is a big loss'

Due to the corona virus situation, the educational institutions of the country have been closed since March 16. The situation in the country and in the international arena is still the same. Even then, many people think that the educational institution should be opened in September, but many people think that it will not work at all. According to them, education is a loss but not having life is the biggest loss. What do parents, educators and sociologists think in such a situation?

Artist Rani, a resident of Natore, is a little worried that her child's school has been closed for a long time. If the school was open, at least the regular reading routine would have been fine, but now I have forgotten everything I have learned. But she is not getting the confidence to send her child to school in such a situation. According to him, he will not wear a mask or wash his hands according to the rules. This will increase the risk of infection. Overall the artist seems a bit hesitant, of course, before education is life.

However, educationist Golam Rahman is not in favor of opening an educational institution right now. He said that many people may be wondering how long the educational institution can be closed but to open the educational institution at this time would be a suicidal decision. Because as soon as the educational institution is opened, countless students will go to school-college-university. Is it possible to follow the hygiene rules in such a crowd?

He added that this crisis is not only in our country but in the whole world. Many schools are being opened in the United States, but there are fears that the rate of infection will increase sharply in a few days. Many studies have shown that by drawing a map. If educational institutions are opened in our country too, the number of victims will multiply.

Explaining the importance of taking the right steps at the right time, Ghulam Rahman said, "We would not have suffered so much if we had taken a tough stand at the beginning of the coronavirus situation in the world." Similarly, if the school, college and university are closed for a few more months, there will not be much loss.

He also suggested various steps to compensate the students if the situation becomes normal later. He said it was possible to fill the gap by reducing the number of courses, reducing the number of vacations in the next academic year or increasing the number of courses at the same time.

However, AQM Jamal Uddin, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Dhaka University, is not in favor of closing down educational institutions for a long time. He told Channel I Online that the Corona situation in the country has not improved yet. Many more people are being identified every day but the educational institutions cannot be closed for so long.

He added that now the country is going through a disaster. Such disasters may come more. So everyone has to be able to deal with those disasters. The government has been handling everything alone for the last six months and now everyone has to handle it together. That is why teachers, students, parents and all institutions must be ready. As if everyone could deal with such a disaster in the future.

In favor of opening an educational institution, he said, "If it is opened now, everyone will prepare for their own safety." That will benefit the country at all. It will not be left off. Everyone needs to learn strategies to deal with such disasters.

Monowara Khatun is a bit hesitant about opening an educational institution. She is the headmaster of Shankarbati Polladanga Government Primary School in Champai Nawabganj. Said, the parents of the students are often asking when the school will be opened? Because the school is closed for a long time, they are completely out of school. As a result, what the children learned was again forgotten. Educated parents can keep their child in the stream of education. It is not possible at all by the uneducated or poorly educated parents in the village.

But even then, he thinks it would not be right to open the school now. That said, the Corona situation is still in the same place. So opening an educational institution now would be risky. Especially people are not so aware of the village. No one follows the hygiene rules. Again, there is no opportunity to conduct classes in all educational institutions while maintaining distance. So it will become very risky. Everything has to be taken into consideration.

In such a situation, even if the loss of education can be compensated later, the educationists think that it will be difficult to compensate the loss of life.