Country advancing well in achieving universal education

As education has been earmarked as a priority sector, Bangladesh has done well in different key indicators of education, which were attributed to implementation of massive initiatives taken by the present government, education campaigners told the news agency.  Bangladesh has a good track record in enhancing access and equity in education, with remarkable achievements in widening access to primary education, attaining gender equity at the primary and secondary education levels, they added.
They said gender equity in primary and secondary education has been achieved well ahead of the Millennium Development Goal target set for 2015.  Executive Director of Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) Rasheda K. Choudhury said Bangladesh has become model in expansion and equity in education as significant number of students have been enrolled in primary education and gender parity has ensured in both primary and secondary education.
As various effective initiatives including free textbooks distribution and providing scholarships and stipends among meritorious and poor students have been taken, drop-out rate has reduced significantly in primary education, she added.
“To achieve universal primary education in the country, budgetary allocation should be increased,” she said adding increased budgetary allocation also will help improve quality of education.  The Centre for Research and Information(CRI) sources said Bangladesh has ensured almost 100 percent enrollment at the primary level with drop-out rate coming down to 19.4 percent. The present government has been distributing free textbooks to all students from class one to class nine from 2009-10 session in order to create opportunity of education for all notwithstanding their economic conditions and prevent the number of drop-outs, they added. 

Country advancing well in achieving universal education

As education has been earmarked as a priority sector, Bangladesh has done well in different key indicators of education, which were attributed to implementation of massive initiatives taken by the present government, education campaigners told the news agency. Bangladesh has a good track record in enhancing access and equity in education, with remarkable achievements in widening access to primary education, attaining gender equity at the primary and secondary education levels, they added. They said gender equity in primary and secondary education has been achieved well ahead of the Millennium Development Goal target set for 2015. Executive Director of Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) Rasheda K. Choudhury said Bangladesh has become model in expansion and equity in education as significant number of students have been enrolled in primary education and gender parity has ensured in both primary and secondary education. As various effective initiatives including free textbooks distribution and providing scholarships and stipends among meritorious and poor students have been taken, drop-out rate has reduced significantly in primary education, she added. To achieve universal primary education in the country, budgetary allocation should be increased, she said adding increased budgetary allocation also will help improve quality of education. The Centre for Research and Information(CRI) sources said Bangladesh has ensured almost 100 percent enrollment at the primary level with drop-out rate coming down to 19.4 percent. The present government has been distributing free textbooks to all students from class one to class nine from 2009-10 session in order to create opportunity of education for all notwithstanding their economic conditions and prevent the number of drop-outs, they added.