BANGLADESH observed International Literacy Day on September 8 without having any accurate statistics on the literacy rate in the country. During the Awami League regime, the government had manipulated the literacy rate on a number of occasions to falsely claim its success in the education sector. During their three consecutive terms, the literacy rate increased...
Enrolment of the children aged between six and 10 in the primary education providing institutions declined in 2024 across the country.
Adviser to the primary and mass education ministry Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Sunday said that they were considering reducing the number of holidays for primary level educational institutions...
A SIGNIFICANT number of underprivileged children continue to suffer from what is now recognised as learning poverty 鈥� particularly in developing foundational literacy and numeracy skills 鈥� despite the government鈥檚 considerable annual investment in primary education through the Primary Education Development Programme and additional efforts by...
Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Directorate of Primary Education jointly organised a seminar titled 鈥楻eview of 20 years of JICA cooperation for primary education in Bangladesh & completion of JSP3 Project鈥� at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday...
THERE was a time when government-run primary schools in Bangladesh functioned with little more than the bare minimum. Dilapidated classrooms, broken benches, a severe shortage of trained teachers and scant learning materials were the norm. Yet, against these odds, the system produced learners who, at the very least, attained basic literacy and numeracy...
The Directorate of Primary Education in a directive has barred conducting private tuition, coaching classes and other activities on the premises of government primary schools after school hours and during holidays...
THE vision of the primary education sector is to provide inclusive, qualitative learning to children. Interventions that were taken by the government couldn鈥檛 bring the desired outcome regarding providing quality learning to each and every child. If challenges can be identified properly, it can be easier to find out the ways of addressing...