Primary education in Bangladesh

How much you can pay decides what education your child gets

After three decades since the primary education pledge was made, the cost of a child’s education remains a heavy burden for some 80 lakh households.

All that ails our primary education

More than 70,000 primary school teachers only possess a higher secondary level of education or less.

Slum children need special attention

Authorities must ensure that poorer students are not left behind

Why are so many still functionally illiterate?

It should be a wake-up call for our policymakers

Don’t let politics derail school system, too

State minister should answer for mass school closure to attend son’s wedding reception

Will multimedia classrooms remain a distant reality?

Follow-up of public projects is key to their effectiveness

ADB approves $500m loan for primary education in Bangladesh

The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approves a $500 million loan to support Bangladesh’s Fourth Primary Education Development Programme that aims to provide quality education to all children from pre-primary to grade 5.

April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024

How much you can pay decides what education your child gets

After three decades since the primary education pledge was made, the cost of a child’s education remains a heavy burden for some 80 lakh households.

September 3, 2023
September 3, 2023

All that ails our primary education

More than 70,000 primary school teachers only possess a higher secondary level of education or less.

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

Slum children need special attention

Authorities must ensure that poorer students are not left behind

July 20, 2023
July 20, 2023

Why are so many still functionally illiterate?

It should be a wake-up call for our policymakers

January 11, 2023
January 11, 2023

Don’t let politics derail school system, too

State minister should answer for mass school closure to attend son’s wedding reception

November 23, 2022
November 23, 2022

Will multimedia classrooms remain a distant reality?

Follow-up of public projects is key to their effectiveness

September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018

ADB approves $500m loan for primary education in Bangladesh

The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approves a $500 million loan to support Bangladesh’s Fourth Primary Education Development Programme that aims to provide quality education to all children from pre-primary to grade 5.

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