The government has decided to build 11 more secondary schools and six colleges in Dhaka city to ease the seat crisis in government educational institutions in the capital where the pressure of population is increasing rapidly.
Education ministry sources said that construction of the schools and colleges would start soon. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to launch the project soon by laying the foundation
of one school and one college at Kalu Nagar of Hazaribagh in the Old Town of Dhaka.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid visited the sites selected for construction of the schools and colleges on Friday.
The sites for nine government schools and six colleges have already been selected.
One school and one college will be built at Hazaribagh, one school and one college at Mohammadpur, one school and one college at Pallabi, one school and one college at Sabujbagh, one school and college at Badda, one school at Uttarkhan in Uttara, one school at Shyampur, one school at Mirpur Darussalam and one school and one college in Mirpur's Bhasantek area.
The work on the Taka 435 crore project will start in July 2011 which is expected to complete in June 2014.
At present, there are 24 government schools and 11 government colleges in Dhaka city.
Source: New Age
