The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council in its first meeting of the current fiscal sits today to consider four development projects, including one for developing primary education.
The ECNEC chairperson and prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will preside over the meeting to be held at the NEC conference room in city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
It is estimated that the third primary education development programme will cost Tk 2,2197 crore, to be implemented under the primary and mass education ministry, said sources at the planning ministry.
Of the total amount, Tk 18,809 crore has been earmarked from the government exchequer while Tk 3,388 crore will come in the form of project assistance.
Talking to the news agency, a planning ministry official said out of the project assistance part of Tk 3,388 crore, Tk 1,867 crore will come in the form of a loan from the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
Besides, Tk 1,521 crore will come as grant from the EU, DFID, Swedish CIDA, Canadian CIDA, JICA, UNICEF and USAID.
The official said negotiations regarding the loan with the World Bank were completed on May 26, and with the Asian Development Bank on May 30.
Finalisation of the loan agreements is under process, added the official.
The proposed project is scheduled for July 2011 to June 2016 to be implemented across the country.
The third primary education development programme is a follow up of the Second Primary Education Development Programme, which was completed in June 2011, also under the primary and mass education ministry.
The major objective of the project is to ensure enrolment of all eligible children in primary schools, their completion of five years' education, improving the qualitative standard of teaching at primary schools, ensuring supply of all education-related materials to primary school students as well as to impart training to the teachers, officials and employees to enhance their capacity.
The other projects to be considered in today's ECNEC meeting are Strengthening Governance Management Project (NBR Part, Component A: Online Filing and Digitization of Tax Returns, Component C: Establishment of Taxpayers Information and Service Centres to be implemented under the International Resources Division) at a cost of Tk 79 crore, city zones development project under the Local Government and Rural Division (Tk 1,305 crore) and solar power system irrigation pump and solar home system project (Tk 27 crore).
The ECNEC meeting will review the implementation progress of the ECNEC projects approved on May 4, 2010.
The meeting will also be apprised of the establishment of Habiganj Diabetic Hospital, construction of Bangladesh Mahila Samity Complex Building for underprivileged women in the society, survey project for developing small irrigation (3rd phase) and extension of rural electrification in Gopalganj.
Source : New Age
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