The formal journey of BEPZA Public School and
College, Ishwardi EPZ has started in order to provide standard education to the
children of officials, employees, & workers of Ishwardi EPZ (IEPZ) as well
as the people living surrounding the
EPZ. The Chairman of BEPZA Board of Governors Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina instructed BEPZA in the 34th board meeting to establish a school in the
dormitory cum training centre of Northern Area Poverty Reduction Initiative
project of Ishwardi EPZ. Continuation of it, Major General S M Salahuddin Islam
BP, SPP, ndc, psc, Executive Chairman of BEPZA formally inaugurated the school
on 2 February 2020.
The
students of class one to twelve will be taught in this institution financed by
BEPZA. Initially, the educational activities of class one to four have been
started in this year, which will be gradually taken to class twelve. 238
students have already been admitted from class one to four here. In the next
year, it will be graduated to class eight when around 700 students will get
education opportunity from this institution.
Apart
from attracting local & foreign investment, boosting export and generating
employment, BEPZA has established Public School & Colleges in other EPZs in
order to ensure modern and standard education for the children of workers and
employees of the EPZs as a part of social responsibility. The IEPZ workers’
children will get education here in 50% subsidized tuition fee like other BEPZA
Public School & Colleges.
Mentionable,
Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, by her pragmatic decision, established
IEPZ in 2001. This EPZ has become the hub of export oriented manufacturing
sector as well as contributing a lot in the socio-economic development and
women empowerment of the region.
