No learning centre closed down in Rohingya camps

No learning center for Rohingya children have been closed down. Only unauthorized 'private' coaching or learning centers have been shut down in the camps.

Following the guidance of the Government of Bangladesh, NGOs and INGOs are providing informal learning to FDMN (Rohingya) children through around 3,000 ‘learning centres’ in the camps, said a press release issued by foreign ministry on Sunday.

The news release added that recently informal learning using Myanmar curriculum and Myanmar language has been rolled out in the camps to improve their productivity, uphold their tradition and cultural values leading to their reintegration in Myanmar upon repatriation.

However, some unauthorized ‘private’ home-based schools, coaching centres, and madrasahs run by Rohingyas are conducting private coaching activities in the camps without approval of the government following their separate curriculums and ultimate motives. 

These types of private and home based learning centres do not ensure equity among FDMN children. Those unauthorized activities were asked to stop.

Due to those learning centres' activities, the main learning centres are becoming unutilized, which is hampering the learning activities among FDMN learners in a common standard. In that context those unauthorized activities were asked to stop.

The authorized learning centres are in operation following the government's guidance. Neither UNICEF nor UNHCR ever raised any concern for closing the unauthorized centres.