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217 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড EDUCATION: Progress in 20 Years Area West Pakistan East Pakistan 1947-48 |968–69 1947–48 196-69 Primary Schools 8,413 39,418 29,663 28,300 Number increases 4/2 times Number decreases in spite of increased children Secondary School 1947–48 1965–66 1947–48 1965–66 2,598 4,472 3,481 3,964 176% increase | 1.4% increase 1947–48 1968–69 1947–48 1968–69 Colleges-various types 40 27 | 50 162 675% increase 3.20% increase Medical/Engineering/ 4 17 3 9 Agricultural Colleges 4.25% increase 300% increase Universities 2(654 Scholars) l(1,620 scholars) 6(18,708 scholars) 4(8,831 scholars) Increase in scholars 30 times 5 times It is interesting to note that although the school going population increased in East Pakistan the number of schools decreased through deliberate policy of neglect whereas during the same period the Pakistan government spent vast sums of money and increased the number of schools in West Pakistan by 4 and half times. Was not that a systematic plan for giving the West Pakistani children a better academic start so that their future career was firmly assured? The natural result was the vast increase in the number of colleges of all kinds and universities. This is clear evidence of government policy aiming at keeping the East Pakistan children intellectually inferior by not providing the facilities they deserve. The end product that we see is in the number of University scholars. In East Pakistan, which had double the number of scholars in 1947, the number only increased by five times in 20 years and in West Pakistan the corresponding increase is thirty times. In the field of research and development centers established for agricultural, medical, scientific, industrial research, out of 16 centers 13 are located in West Pakistan. As far as the scholarships and training grants for studies abroad under Colombo Plan, Ford Foundation, Commonwealth Aid and many others the bulk of these go to the West Pakistanis. Some of these are not even advertised in the East Pakistani press and many of these are awarded directly from West Pakistan. If we consider the question employment, we can see the repetition of the same injustice. While the state policy on education had kept the East Pakistanis less developed, in the case of recruitment in civil, military and other services the same policy of depriving the Bengalis had been effectively carried out. Having most of the recruitment centers, they have the most advantage. Headquarters of the army, navy, air force and all central government services as well as private employers of all kind are located in West Pakistan. Most of the vacancies are either not advertised in the East Pakistani press or the practical difficulty of being interviewed is present. Moreover, the various recruitment