Country will lag behind if edn & health neglected: Dr Bidhan

Primary and Mass Education Adviser Prof Dr Bidhan Ranjon Ray Poddar has said the country will lag behind if the education and health sectors are neglected. 

The adviser said this at a discussion at the Primary Teachers Training Institute in city's Mirpur area on Wednesday.

“The health as a subject should not be a choice, it must be a right and the education as a subject should be universal and right,” he said.

The ministry of Primary and Mass Education organized the discussion marking the great Independence and National Day-2025.

“The issue of health and education is recognized by our Constitution so that theses should be executed in practical life,” Prof Bidhan said, adding, “There is no alternative to health and education if we really want to build our country as happy and prosperous one.”

With secretary to the Primary and Mass Education Ministry Abu Taher Md Masud Rana in the chair, the discussion was addressed, among others, by Director General (DG) of the Compulsory Primary Education Inspection Unit and Additional Secretary of the ministry Md Sakhawat Hossain, DG, Primary Education Directorate Abu Nur Md Shamsuzzaman, Additional Director General (ADG) of the directorate Atiqur Rahman, DG, Non-Formal Education Bureau Deb Brato Chakraborty, Director, Children Welfare Trust Suraiya Khan and PTI Instructor Abu Bakar Siddiq.

Citing the example of China, Dr Bidhan said that China has economically developed enough as they laid emphasis on education and the people's health. These two subjects are not for a particular section of the people rather it's the properties of the state and the people.