CHILDREN鈥橲 suffering remains a distressing reality in Bangladesh. A 2022 survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF found that more than 3.4 million children live on the streets. The number has likely risen since. The same study revealed that nearly 14 per cent of these children consume addictive substances such as 鈥榙andy鈥�, a chemical glue, often to...
IN THE crowded alleys and neon-lit corners of Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, and Sylhet, a vulnerable population often goes unseen 鈥� Bangladesh鈥檚 street children. They are the children who sleep under bridges, work at tea stalls, wash cars at intersections, and beg for survival. According to estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF, there are over...
A SERIOUS lack of education for street children in Bangladesh, as child rights campaigners have pointed out on the occasion of International Day for Street Children, is worrying. The Bureau of Non-Formal Education and the Shishu Kalyan Trust programmes cover only 39,415 children against the total of 3.4 million street children. The Shishu Kalyan Trust also provides stipends...
The existing government education facilities for the street children in Bangladesh are both inadequate and ineffective, observed educationists, child rights experts, and activists.
