The Primary Training Institute Manikganj is one of 47 similar institutes in Bangladesh training primary school teachers. The trainees, who number nearly 200 in the proportion 4:1 male to female, demonstrated their opening activities each day beginning with a recitation from the Holy Quran, followed by the raising of the national flag, the oath of allegiance, and the singing of the national anthem. Following this, the students, under the direction of their Physical Education Instructor, performed a number of exercises.