Ijtema’s Effect on the School and Environment

Beginning on the 12th January and recurring in some days till the 26th of January, there is a huge festival in The River Turag called Ijtema. We were not aware of the festival and its audience, so on the 12th many students could not reach school due to severe traffic. Attendance was incredibly low that day with many students arriving very late. This later resulted in the school also being closed the following Sunday.

Global Warming is one of the most serious issues in the world right now and one of the main causes is fossil fuel emissions, which can be from vehicle exhaust. As an ESS student, it is worrying to see how much carbon dioxide is emitted to the atmosphere with the excess traffic. The amount of pollution added to an already polluted Dhaka will be catastrophic long term. What is worse is that the event will also happen for another few days. The amount of pollution is horrible for the environment and may result in more school days declared as holidays due to the traffic.

But it is our job as IB learners to be open minded and realize that this is a religious gathering and be respectful to others. We should be able to adjust to this by self-studying or online classes.

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