Rajshahi Live: Students Cabinets have been formed in 2,765 secondary schools and 1,503 madrasas with direct voting in all eight districts under Rajshahi division today to make the students respectful toward democratic practice and values from their student life.

The government took the initiative to form an eight-member ‘Student Cabinet’ comprising one head of representatives and seven cabinet members in every secondary schools and madrasas. The responsibility of the student cabinets are preservation of environment, nature , sports, health, cultural programmes, tree plantation, observation of national and other important days .

Deputy Director of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury told BSS that a total of 34,144 representatives have elected cabinet members successfully. She said the students performed as Election Commissioner, presiding officers, polling officers and security personnel during elections held from 9 am to 2 pm without any intermission.

The electioneering students told the visiting journalists that they will be capable of taking the country’s democratic practice forward after best uses of their knowledge of leadership, resulted from the educational institutions.

Dhaka 25 January (campuslive24.com)//az