Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone for one new government school and one new government college at Kalu Nagar in Hazaribagh in the old town in Dhaka on July 2.
The school is named as Sheikh Russel Government High School and the college is Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Government College.
'All preparations are complete for a successfully holding of the foundation laying programme,' said Manik Chandra Dey, the project director of '11 new school and six new college establishment project.'
The government took the project to establish 11 new schools and six new colleges in Dhaka to solve the seat crisis for rising number of students in the city.
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 Tk 435 crore project will start in July 2011 which is expected to be completed in June 2014.
There are 24 government schools and 11 government colleges in 24 thanas in the city.
Source : New Age
