Al Tumuh School In Makkah
Bangladesh mission asks DPE, DSHE not to issue licence
The Bangladesh mission in Saudi Arabia has asked the primary and the secondary education directorates in Dhaka not to issue a licence to Al Tumuh Bangladesh International School at Makkah under the Bangladeshi curriculum, according to official documents New Age has obtained.
Expressing concern about possible corruption of authorities and difficulties of Bangladeshi students, Bangladesh’s consul general Md
Nazmul Islam in a letter asked the directors general of the directorate of secondary and higher education and the directorate of primary education not to ‘issue a registration certificate without consulting Bangladesh’s consulate general in Jeddah.’
‘We came to know that the school was trying to obtain a licence from you [DSHE and DPE] hiding the information that it does not have approval of the Saudi government to run the institution…. before the issuance of registration, you [DGs of DSHE and DPE] must confirm whether the school has obtained a licence from the Saudi government,’ Nazmul said in the letter dated August 20.
Owned by Saudi citizen Sayed bin Musayed Arrerefai AL Zuhani, Al Tumuh School has been offering education from nursery to Class VIII in accordance with the Bangladeshi curriculum since October 2012. Bangladeshi citizen Abdul Zabbar was helping the Saudi citizen in running the school having about 1,500 students. The Saudi authorities recently declined to issue a licence and fitness certificate to the school.
Besides, according to the letter, Al Tumuh School started operation without the approval of the Bangladesh consulate general in Jeddah and the education directorate and education boards in Dhaka.
The Registration of Private Schools Ordinance 1962 of Bangladesh makes the approval of the primary and secondary education directorates through Bangladesh consulate general in Jeddah mandatory for running a school under the Bangladeshi curriculum.
The letter said that in 2009, hundreds of Bangladeshi students faced difficulties as the authorities closed down a school run by Saudi citizen without informing the Bangladesh consulate and the community.
The DPE director general, Shyamal Kanti Ghosh, and the DSHE director (secondary) Sajal Kanti Mandal confirmed to New Age that they had received the letter from the Bangladesh mission in Saudi Arabia.
-With New Age input
