Dhaka, Sept. 9 -- Primary and Mass Education Adviser Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Monday said that the main focus of the education system must be on literacy and foundational education for children at the primary level.

To this end, he emphasised that technology should be harnessed to promote literacy and also underscoring the need to prioritise digital literacy. The adviser made these remarks as the chief guest while addressing a discussion meeting, organised at the Bureau of Non-Formal Education auditorium in the capital's Tejgaon on the occasion of International Literacy Day 2025.

Mentioning that work of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has been reorganised with a renewed focus, he said the main goal now is to ...