COVID-19: Shutdown of educational institutions extended

The government of Bangladesh has decided to extend the shutdown of educational institutions until 16 January next year to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in the country, said the education ministry in a media release.

The ministry issued the media release today, Friday.

Earlier, on 12 November, the government extended the ongoing closure of educational institutions till 19 December.

All educational institutions in the country have been shut since 17 March due to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease. The closure has been extended multiple times.

The studies of over 40 million students in the country have been disrupted as the institutions have remained shut for long.

The school students were awarded auto-promotion without any final exams.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services, so far 496,975 people were infected with COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Among them, so far 7,192 patients died while 431,590 patients recovered from the highly infectious disease.

 

[Source: Prothom Alo]