Rohingya School Teachers Chess Training organized by the Bangladesh Chess Federation, under the financial support of FIDE and the Asian Chess Federation, was held at the Refugee and Repatriation Camp-5, Ukhiya, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, last weekend.
The Chess for Refugees social project has been carried out in cooperation with the South Asian Chess Council, Office of Refugees and Repatriation Commissioner’s (RRRC), UNICEF and Jagoani Chakra Foundation.
The main objective of this training program is to teach the game of chess to the students studying in Rohingya camp schools. Md. Ahsan Habib, Senior Assistant Secretary, attached to the Refugees Relief & Repatriation Commissioner‘s Office (RRRC) of Camp In Charge of Camp-5, inaugurated the three-day training program as the chief guest at CiC conference room, Camp-5.
National Chess Champion of Bangladesh, FIDE Trainer and Grandmaster Enamul Hossain Razib, International Chess Arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid, Md. Tanvir Rahman Bhuiyan, UNICEF Education Officer, Md. Abul Kashem Mozumder, Project Focal of Jagorni Chakra Foundation Mehedi Kaiser, and Program Coordinator of Johns Hopkins Center Communication program spoke on the occasion.
UNICEF’s Communication Officers Alam Farvis and Md Pavlo and UNICEF’s Special Visitor Chris Henderson from Teachers College Cilumba University of New Zealand were present at the time. A total of 30 school teachers from different Rohingya school camps participated in this training program.
FIDE Trainer GM Enamul Hossain Razib, International Chess Arbiter Md. Haroon Or Rashid and FIDE Instructor Showkat Hossain Pollab gave training on different subjects of how to learn chess. Rohingya school teachers who participated in this event showed great interest.
Books on chess and the laws of chess were given to participating school teachers. Organizers hope that students studying in Rohingya schools will learn chess and will enjoy playing the game. At the same time, by practising chess, they will be more focused on studying the game. At the end of the training, each of the 30 schools was presented with ten sets of pieces and chessboards.
Text and photos: asianchess.com
