Census will help in adopting plan in the field of education: Minister of Education

The number of illiterate and educated people in the country can be ascertained through census, said Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni. As a result of this digital census, it will be applied to research work, which will play a helpful role in various plans in the field of education, she said.

The education minister said this while inaugurating the program in the district on Wednesday (June 15) morning at her residence in Chandpur city to record her name and address in the census.

The Education Minister said that the census will provide accurate statistics on the rate of education and we will get an accurate picture of the whole country. How many people are illiterate, how many are educated and their socio-economic position that we get will be helpful in adopting various action plans.

She further said that the information obtained from the census would be useful for the country to move ahead irresistibly under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and to accelerate it further.

The census has started in this country for the first time through digital system. About 6,000 workers are working in the week-long census, which started in Chandpur as well as across the country, officials said.