DHAKA, Sept 03, 2024 (BSS) - Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder today sought more cooperation from USAID as Chargé d’affaires of US Embassy Helen LaFave called on him at his Secretariat office.

At the meeting, they discussed bilateral issues of mutual interest in details, along with the activities of “Shobai Miley Shikhi” (Everyone Learns Together) and “Esho Shikhi” (Lets Learn) project in government primary schools being operated with the help of USAID, said a ministry press release.

The adviser laid emphasis on the training of Master Trainers and Teachers to ensure integrated education under the “Shobai Miley Shikhi” scheme, especially on English language learning.

He sought more cooperation from USAID in the “Esho Shikhi” project to deal with disasters management as well as sanitization and motivational programmes. 

In addition to these projects, more USAID support in various projects to be undertaken by the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education for students in the future was sought.

Primary and Mass Education Secretary Farid Ahammad was present.

With the help of USAID, master trainers and teacher training are being provided in 5,000 government primary schools in 36 upazilas of 11 districts across the country under the “Shobai Miley Shikhi” project. The project is scheduled to run till April 2027, while “Esho Shikhi” would continue to 2026. 

The area of “Esho Shikhi” project is 10,048 government primary schools under 81 upazilas of 15 districts in eight divisions. The main task of this project is to continue the education programmes in the affected schools during and after the disaster.