US President Joe Biden took a selfie with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the G20 Summit venue in New Delhi today.
Saima Wazed, daughter of the PM and chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, was also in the frame.
Saima is also a thematic ambassador of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF).
The three were seen smiling in the photo.
Later, Saima Wazed wrote on her X (formerly Twitter), “I spoke to him [Biden] about the importance of #MentalHealth services as a part of comprehensive #PublicHealth, and school psychologists in the education system.”
The two-day 18th G-20 Leaders’ Summit began at the newly inaugurated the State-of-Art Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in the morning.
At the summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other world leaders on their arrival at the summit venue.
Around 85 percent students of classes 8 and 9 took private tuition to recover education losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Education Watch 2022 report (EW22).
The report titled “Post- Pandemic Education: Recovery and Renewal of School Education” is being unveiled at the capital today.
While presenting the report, Education Watch member Mostafizur Rahman said dependency on private tutors or coaching was quite high among secondary students.
According to the study, parents reported that around 64 percent of class 8 and 50 percent of class 9 students spent Tk 1,100 to Tk 3,000 per month on private tuition last year.
A total of 79 percent of primary and 82.5 percent of secondary level students followed commercially produced guidebooks to prepare for their lessons and exams in 2022, the report said.
Parents reported spending an average of Tk 669 at the primary level and Tk 2,065 at the secondary level for buying commercial guidebooks and notebooks last month, the report said.
