English speaking program between rural school & urban varsity pupils in Bangladesh

As part of its English Language Skills Improvement Program, Volunteers Association of Bangladesh (VAB) launched a telephone conversation program between urban and rural students. This program has been initiated with volunteers from East-West University at Dhaka. Twenty-six volunteers have been assigned to talk to twenty-six high school students.

Prior to the program, the Country Director of VAB, Dr Jasimuz Zaman, addressed a group of students, primarily of the Department of English, at the University, and discussed the program.

Apala Biswas and Farhana Islam, Lecturers in the Department, organized the meeting. Seven other teachers were also present. The Country Director expressed great satisfaction that about 50 students joined the meeting to hear about volunteering opportunities. He also expressed his gratefulness to the Vice-Chancellor and the Head of the Department of English for their support and encouragement.