'Teachers don't recognize students, students don't recognize teachers'

Professor Abdul Mannan, former chairman of the University Grants Commission, said that the educational institutions are opening, some are already open. Classes are running from primary to madrasa, university. Classes are running perfectly in many universities. In many, classes are being coordinated with the students. In many cases, there are very few direct classes. A new variant of Corona Omicron has also been identified in Bangladesh. Probably for fear of infection with Omicron it is not possible to take all the classes directly now. Besides, I don't see any other visible reason.

Professor Abdul Mannan said this in a private conversation with Bangla Insider on various issues including direct classes in educational institutions. For readers, Professor Abdul Mannan was interviewed by Bangla Insider's own correspondent Oliul Islam.

Professor Abdul Mannan said, "I don't want to think that the educational institutions are not being fully mobilized due to political reasons." Because Dhaka University has already been opened for students. The students are staying in the hall. They are giving exams. Apart from this, classes are also being held directly in other universities. There are also some online classes. On-campus classes are also being held at Chittagong University. If it was closed for political reasons, then primary schools, secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions were not supposed to be reopened. As a result, I do not see politics here. I do not think that political issues are playing an important role in the non-opening of educational institutions.

He further said that if the hygiene rules are fully complied with then the educational institution can be fully started. All the schools and colleges in Europe and America have already opened. There are also institutions that have not reopened. Different types of experiments are going on in each country. In our neighbouring country India there are two days on-campus and the rest of the day off-campus classes. As a result, it can be said that depending on the corona situation in the country, the number of day’s on-campus can be run.

Stating that the number of classes could be increased, Professor Abdul Mannan said that at present the incidence of corona is less in the country. As a result, the number of classes can be increased than before. But at the same time, the safety of the students has to be taken care of. Besides, I am not a doctor. Specialist doctors can say better. Our students have not been able to come to campus for two years. Classes are running online. The teacher does not recognize the student. Again, the students do not know the teacher. Nobody knows, but online classes are going on. Online classes have not stopped for a day.