1,040 Rajshahi educational institutions get facelift

Live Correspondent: More than 1,040 educational institutions including colleges, schools and madrashas have got a new facelift with constructing modern buildings at a cost of Taka 284.75 crore in the division’s all eight districts in last ten years, sources said.

“Over 1040 educational institutions got new buildings in the division during last ten years while new building construction work for 851 others are on involving around Taka 233 crore at present,” Mijanur Rahman, Superintending Engineer of Education
Engineering Department (EED) told BSS.

He said some 5,499 schemes with Taka 1,505.73 crore were implemented for improving infrastructure development of educational institutions in both urban and rural areas during the same time. Around 1627 additional projects are on, he added.

Four-storied academic buildings for 310 non-government secondary schools are being constructed with vertical extension of 232 other non-government secondary schools, he continued. Fifty-two upazila level non-government schools were transformed into model schools, he said, adding construction works of eight technical school and
colleges are progressing fast in eight upazilas.

Dhaka 03 September (campuslive24.com)//MIH

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