On our first visit to Viqarunnisa Noon School and College which is an all-girls’ school, we immediately noticed how much calmer they were than the other girls’ school which was mayhem. The girls were all dressed in their Sahris as today was the celebration of International Mother Language Day.
After we took part in the parade around the town (which has blogged about) we sat down in a massive auditorium to listen to speeches about the celebrations. We were placed in the middle of all the 1,700 female students which was pretty daunting to start off with as we stood out and everyone was staring at us. After a while the girls in front of us started to chat to us and ask us about ourselves, they were really friendly and were translating the Bangla service to us.
We were then approached by a lady who worked for the BBC Worldservice who asked us for an interview. We all lined up in a row while a man was filming us and the lady was getting ready with her mic. She asked us individually what we thought about Bangladesh, about International Mother Language Day and about Connecting Classrooms. Nervously we answered her questions knowing that this would be broadcasted onto the BBC Worldservice later. We are now excited to see ourselves on television!
We are back at the same school tomorrow to sit through some lessons which we are pleased about as we really liked the atmosphere in the school.
