Bogura Gets Highest Education Funding, Makes Major Strides in Infrastructure Development

Mohsin Raju, from Bogura

The government has put priority on the education sector to build an educated and skilled workforce. It is modernising every educational institution. A special action plan is bringing positive change to education in Bogura. Modern infrastructure projects are moving ahead, and they aim to give schools and colleges a quality learning environment.

The government’s top allocation for general education and its plan for a modern, unified education system are winning praise. Mr. Md. Rezaul Karim Badsha, Member of Parliament for Bogura 6 Sadar, is working to keep his election promises. He avoids controversy and urges government officials to work with the highest professionalism. People in Sadar upazila, which was neglected for a long time, now see visible development. The Directorate of Education Engineering is watching closely to stop irregularities in the institution development projects.

Officials recently laid the foundation stone for the link road, site development and main gate at Government Azizul Haque College, Bogura. The campus had a plan worth about Tk 350 crore under various projects. New additions and modernisation became necessary, so officials revised the plan and raised it to nearly Tk 600 crore. Work on the main gate and bus garage costs Tk 3 crore, and work on site development and the link road costs Tk 2 crore. Both are ongoing.

Builders have also completed a 10 storey academic building at Azizul Haque College under the development project for government post graduate colleges. The infrastructure work cost Tk 12 crore 40 lakh. At Bogura Mahila College in Malotinagar, builders have finished a vertical extension with smart classrooms at a cost of Tk 80 lakh. The college is now adding another new academic building at a cost of Tk 19 lakh. Mr. Md. Shah Alam, Deputy Assistant Engineer (Civil) at the Directorate of Education Engineering in Bogura, confirmed this information.

Officials have already inaugurated a new six storey building at Government Shah Sultan College, Bogura. The academic building cost Tk 9 crore 4 lakh under the project to expand science education in government colleges. The National University has approved affiliation for four new subjects at this college so that it can start final year master’s courses. The subjects are Accounting, Geography and Environment, Philosophy and Botany. This move makes the path to higher education easier for students.

Project sources said builders have constructed a six storey academic building at Government Mojibor Rahman Bhandari Mahila College at a cost of Tk 7 crore 66 lakh. The infrastructure of Upashahar BIAM Model School and College will also grow. The Directorate of Education Engineering has started work on a new six storey academic building there. Under the operating budget’s revenue head, the non residential building project there has a cost of Tk 2 crore 1 lakh.

Work is also going on to develop Bogura Zilla School under the project for selected government secondary schools. A six storey academic building there costs Tk 9 crore 94 lakh. The project for a 10 storey academic building at Bogura Government Girls High School has a cost of Tk 15 crore 87 lakh. A one storey academic building at Gokul Tamirunnesa Girls High School cost Tk 1 crore 4 lakh. At Government Mustafabia Madrasa, work on a six storey academic building continues at a cost of Tk 7 crore 50 lakh under the development project for government madrasas. Builders are also constructing a Jame Mosque at a cost of Tk 50 lakh.

Mr. Md. Anwar Hossain, Executive Engineer at the Directorate of Education Engineering in Bogura, said work is going on to build 15 one storey academic buildings with foundations for four floors. These buildings come under the project to build and expand non residential buildings for non government institutions, funded from the operating budget’s revenue head. The directorate has already invited tenders for eight institutions. Officials are visiting the sites to check how the work is moving.

Mr. Md. Rezaul Karim Badsha MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, said the government is giving the highest allocation to general education. He said the government has approved a full international standard university in Bogura. Along with general education, it will have departments of medicine, science and agriculture. He said the government has taken many steps for students and the young generation.