Let’s enjoy Traditional Fairs in the Chittagong City.

Boishakh (Bengali name) Month is the First month of the Bengali year. Bangladeshi people enjoy this New Year with their traditional activitiesEvery year of Boishakh month in Chittagong City holds some traditional Fair which Bengali names areLal Dighi jabbar’s Boli Khela, Molovi Mela, Chuhur Kahn Khela etcThese three are very old fair in the city(In Bengali Year)29th Chaitra (10th April) Chuhur Kahn Khela since 19502nd Boishakh (15th April) Moulovi Mela sicne 195012th Boishakh (25th April) LalDighi Jabbar’s Boli Khela, started 1909 (101st fair holds in 2010)Newly started these two fairs in the city1st Boishakh (14th April) DC’s Hill fair since 20001st Boishakh (14th April) CRB’s Hill fair since 2009All Fairs are staying about 3-5 days longPeople enjoy their traditional Items all kind of Items are sale and buy in the fair and many items made by soil, papers, cloths, trees, leafs, grass, bamboo, Wood, Iron, Plastic, Nokshi Khatas etc.People come with their family members and children; some people come with their Boy and girl’s friends, or neighbors. People decorated themselves by Multi color of seasonal dress such Saree, Panjabi, Fatua, shorts, Genjee, Women choose many things housework Items and cosmetics, Children choose their Playing Items, Man choose their working essential Items in the fairThere also run Circus, Doll’s dance, Motorcycle ride, Magic, Drumming, Playing on flute Carousel, Rounding Plan etc many more eventsVarieties competition role-play in the fair such as, rally, Wrestling, Marveling, Playing Drums, Striking, Swimming, Dancing, Singing, Reciting poem, Traditional Drama etc.Many kinds of seasonal fruits foods, cakes are sold but Hilsha Fishes with water boiled rice is top of the choosing Chart for people in the fair.On the 1st Boishkh (14th April) whole city Peoples try to take special mixed vegetable foods and fruits in their lunch and dinner Really peoples felt with joy and happiness whole day in the fair, they inspired by the fair to continue their lives with a great success and loving people each other, working together making a peaceful-meaningful society and world.

British Council visited us

April 28, 2010, Wednesday at 12 pm British Council High Officials visited our Madrasha lead by Mr. Dominic Regester, Regional Manager, Connecting Classrooms. Mr. Faisal Obaid Project Manager, connecting classrooms, Head Teacher of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani School Mr. Muzibur Rahman Cluster Coordinator; Chittagong Cluster-02, was with him.Guests received by boys and girls students with throwing flower, warmest Congratulation. Guests enjoyed the Pictures of Madrash’s activities, Mr. Hafez Moulana Md. Mohiul Hoque expressed all activities to the guests.They visit Exam Hall, classrooms, and then they meet with all teachers and staff. Guests team very much pleased observing classes, and other education related co curricular activities with the Community engagement of the Madrashs. They remarked didn’t see any Madrasha like this in the country because engagement with community people Madrasha has many Extra curricular activities such as to prepare 21 century Managing Classrooms and educatinal skills, Millennium Development Goal, Mother and child Heath care, Vaccination, free ENT, eye and physiotherapy Camp, Information and resource Center for Youth, encourage Dialogue, Leadership and Motivational skills, Promote respect for Human life, Protect the environment, reduce Poverty, social welfare, Creating opportunity for young people, AIDS , Anti trafficking Awareness etc many more youth related activities .

Guests talk with Students to know about their progress and study. They also meet our student who have visited UK by winning 100 Words DRAMA. Students feel proud and lucky to meet with honorable Guests. Some student’s taken pictures with the Guests.The Madrasha is lucky by getting chance to meet with the Guests

Thanks and regards

Hafez Moulana Md. Mohiul Hoque

NAZIRIA NAYMIA MAHMUDIA MADRASHA

Chandgaon, Chittagong, Bangladesh

hmhoq@hotmail.com

0088-01554314744

Connecting Classrooms meeting held in British Council Chittagong Office.

27th April 2010, Tuesday evening we passed a great moment of Connecting Classrooms activities with our Chittagong Partner school's Head Teachers, Schools Coordinators. Mr. Dominic Regester Regional Manager, connecting classrooms Britsh Council, Mr. Fasial Obaid Project Manager, CC also present in the meeting. Meeting started by speech of Mr. Dominic. He expressed all about the activities, connections, future plan, relationship and Working with partners, locally, Internationally etc. He also added there are important things we should do in our project activities by following Monitoring, evaluation, and budgets, we need emphasis our Dialogue, communications, sharing, Ideas and information, exchange Ideas and understanding with the all Partners etc.

Mr. Faisal Obaid wondered that the project activities are running very slow. He paid a displeasure to all Schools, requested all Partners to follow Project Plan monthwise. He also directed about Budget and future plan

Partners shared their problems, and committed to meet every month in a school to run activities firstly, Mr. Mohiul Hoque of Naziria Naymia Mahmudia Madrasha said about the communicating and uploading to the connecting classrooms web site, he requested to make easy uploading system, and open a blog so that students, teachers of partner schools can meet and share their Ideas, information in the blog of Connecting classrooms web site.

After meeting all Partners Chittagong Cluster 01 and 02 attend in a Dinner party hosted by British Council in a renowned Hotel.

Then Mr. Dominic and Mr. Faisl finished the party with thanks to all for participating in the program

Thanks