Education Adviser ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon on Friday strictly instructed that students must not be made to stand on roadsides to greet ministers or guests.

“Making students stand on roads to welcome ministers or guests is completely prohibited,” he said, adding that no teacher or educational institution will be allowed to arrange receptions by keeping students standing in the sun or beside roads in the future.

The directive came while he was speaking as the chief guest at the prize-giving ceremony of National Education Week–2026 held in Kachua upazila of Chandpur.

On his way to the programme venue, the minister noticed students standing along the roadside to welcome him and immediately expressed dissatisfaction over the matter.

“There is no need to organise any reception that causes hardship for students,” he said.

He added that he prefers to move around like an ordinary person and no student should be kept waiting on roads for his arrival. “If I see teachers or students standing on the roadside anywhere for this purpose, it will not be acceptable,” he said.

Addressing teachers, he asked them to ensure students are given leave promptly and sent home. Speaking to students, he urged them not to stand on roads under the sun to greet him, saying he would instead visit schools to meet them.

Later, the minister spoke with students and inquired about their studies and future plans.

Among others present at the programme were Kachua Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahmudul Hasan Russell, Kachua BNP President Khairul Abedin Swapan, Officer-in-Charge of Kachua Police Station Md Borhan Uddin, along with officials of different departments, teachers and local political leaders.

Earlier in the day, the education minister also distributed cheques to registered private orphanages in the upazila and handed over cheques and wheelchairs to poor and needy people under a joint initiative of the upazila social welfare committee and the patient welfare association. Later in the afternoon, he joined an iftar gathering with leaders of the Kachua primary education and market traders’ association.