Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has said that they would be able to publish withon a week the new list of educational institutions which will be brought under the monthly payment order (MPO), reports BSS.
"Hopefully, we will be able to publish the new MPO list within a week. But, now I cannot say the exact number of institutions which will be brought under MPO scheme," she told a post-budget press conference in Dhaka on Friday.
Terming the new budget as a pro-people one in the post-pandemic period, Dipu Moni, also Awami League joint general secretary, said the education sector got around 20 per cent higher allocation in the proposed national budget for fiscal year (2022-23) than the outgoing fiscal year while allocation in research has also increased.
Allocation for development budget in education sector has also increased by around 60 percent, she mentioned.
"Now it is our duty on how efficiently and properly we can make the best use of the budgetary allocation," she said.
The minister said allocation of the both education ministry and primary and mass education ministry in the education sector has increased.
A total of 28 ministries work for the development of human resources in education and allocation has increased to a great extent there too, she mentioned.
"Our Prime Minister's main target is to make development of human resources. We are working to achieve the goal. I am extending thanks to Finance Minister for increasing allocation in this sector," she said.
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