Dhaka:The government has announced plans to appoint 11,880 sports teachers throughout the country's upazilas, as stated by State Minister for Youth and Sports Aminul Haque during a parliamentary session on Monday. The initiative will see the deployment of three teachers for each of the eight sporting disciplines in every upazila.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the government also intends to appoint one sports officer in each of the 495 upazilas. State Minister Aminul Haque shared this information while responding to a query from reserved-seat MP Newaz Halima Arly.
The Youth and Sports Ministry will be responsible for appointing the 495 upazila sports officers, while the Primary and Mass Education Ministry will recruit the 24 sports teachers per upazila. Measures to expedite the recruitment process are currently underway.
In response to a question from MP Mosammat Nazmun Nahar, Aminul Haque mentioned that the Department of Youth Development has not conducted a survey to ascertain the number of unemployed youth. Citing data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, he revealed that approximately 2.6 million people in the country are unemployed.
Aminul Haque also addressed MP Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Iqbal's question regarding a feasibility study for a project to develop one playground in each union. The project is awaiting approval before construction begins.
Furthermore, in response to a query from Mardiya Momtaz, Aminul Haque reported that a five-member committee investigating a question paper leak at the Department of Youth Development has submitted its findings. The report is currently with intelligence agencies for further investigation, with several arrests already made in connection to the leak.
Separately, Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan, the minister in charge of the President's Office in Parliament, responded to reserved-seat MP Sabikun Nahar by noting that 41 of 101 approved positions in the Public Division of the President's Office are vacant, along with 99 of 238 positions in the President's Secretariat's own division.