United News of Bangladesh

Plan International Bangladesh and Surovi have developed a new learning resource module as many students, especially students from low-income areas, are facing learning gaps following long-term school closures. This module will be used in Dhaka's 22 high schools under the "Child Bride to Bookworm" project. Bangla, English and math, have been included in this package. This resource pack aims to develop a resource pool by providing training to 257 teachers of the selected 22 secondary schools. Professor Nehal Ahmed, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, launched the package in Dhaka Wednesday. "The government has been working to reduce the learning gap caused due to Covid. The Covid crisis has emerged as a unique challenge for us. Through online education, we have worked to mitigate the challenge to a great extent," he said. "But online classes are never an alternative to in-person classes. Students learn more effectively when they are present in the classroom and learn from the teachers directly. Long-term school closures created several challenges for us. The government has been working to reduce the learning gaps. And this flexible learning package can be an impactful initiative." Jolly Nur Haque, director (programme development and learning) at Plan International Bangladesh, said: "The learning package will help the teachers identify the learning gaps of the students from previous classes and teach them accordingly." Also read: Covid deaths lowest since pandemic began: WHO