Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust Explained
Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust is a Bangladesh government trust fund under the Ministry of Education responsible for providing scholarships to underprivileged students based on merit.[1] [2] It is managed by an advisory council headed by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.[3]
History
On 20 April 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sent a written order to the Ministry of Planning to form a trust fund for underprivileged students in Bangladesh. On 31 January 2011, the Ministry of Planning submitted the final proposal for the trust fund to the Planning Commission. On 6 March 2011, the Ministry of Planning sent a semi official plan to the Ministry of Education on the Trust fund. On 12 December 2011, the trust was approved by the Cabinet of Bangladesh. On 11 March 2012, the bill for the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust was passed by the Parliament of Bangladesh.[4] In 2013, MD. Nurul Amin (Senior Secretary, Retired) was assigned as the first Managing Director of Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust. In 2017, banks in Bangladesh donated 1360 million taka to Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust, Shuchona Foundation, and the Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust.[5]
From 2014 to 2017, 746 thousand students received funding amounting to 4110 million taka. In 2018, 279 thousand students received funding from the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust.[6] [7]
Notes and References
- News: Govt to give stipend to 1.3 lakh female students . 1 August 2019 . The Daily Star . 29 June 2013 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801144643/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/govt-to-give-stipend-to-1-3-lakh-female-students . 1 August 2019 . live .
- News: Create more scope for poor's education: PM . 1 August 2019 . The Daily Star . 20 April 2016 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801144656/https://www.thedailystar.net/country/create-more-scope-poors-education-pm-1211689 . 1 August 2019 . live .
- News: Govt to give stipends to over one lakh poor students . 1 August 2019 . The Daily Star . 14 March 2013 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801153508/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/govt-to-give-stipends-to-over-one-lakh-poor-students . 1 August 2019 . live .
- Web site: bn:প্রধানমন্ত্রীর শিক্ষা সহায়তা ট্রাস্ট . http://www.pmedutrust.gov.bd/site/page/472abbd3-2153-45c5-8fab-30ad3a06cfb1/- . pmedutrust.gov.bd . en . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190731102822/http://www.pmedutrust.gov.bd/site/page/472abbd3-2153-45c5-8fab-30ad3a06cfb1/- . 31 July 2019 . 1 August 2019.
- News: Banks donate Tk 136cr to prime minister . 1 August 2019 . The Daily Star . 17 May 2017 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801160344/https://www.thedailystar.net/business/banks-donate-tk-136cr-prime-minister-1406272 . 1 August 2019 . live .
- News: 2.79 lakh students get stipend from Prime Minister's education trust fund . 1 August 2019 . Daily Sun . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801144641/https://www.daily-sun.com/post/356008/2018/12/09/2.79-lakh-students-get-stipend-from-Prime-Minister%25E2%2580%2599s-education-trust-fund . 1 August 2019 . live .
- News: 2,79,272 students get stipend from PM's education trust . 1 August 2019 . New Age . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801144653/http://www.newagebd.net/article/58484/279272-students-get-stipend-from-pms-education-trust . 1 August 2019 . live .
