Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
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The
government has undertaken various measures
to increase access, reduce dropout rate, increase completion rate, improve
quality of education and increase literacy rate, and help bringing quality of
life. Access to primary education
has increased steadily over the last two decades. The total number of primary
level education institutions is now over 76,000 out of which the number of
full-fledged primary schools is more than 60,000.
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The
gross enrolment rate has increased from 73 percent in 1990 to 97 percent in
2003. The current net enrolment rate is estimated at 86.6 per cent.
Student-teacher ratio is about 55:1 and completion rate is around 67 percent.
The dropout rate has gone down from 35 percent in 2000 to 33 percent in 2002.
Implementation of the Compulsory Primary Education Programme in 1992 backed by
social mobilization activities increased enrolment from 12.6 million in 1991 to
17.48 million in 2004. The literacy rate (7+ years) has reached to 63
per cent.
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The
government has given top most priority to ensure quality education to all
children. The government undertook different types of programmes in the field of
primary and mass education and successfully implemented these programmes.
Considering global perspective, the government laid special emphasis on English,
mathematics and science in every grades of primary education cycle.
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For
proper functioning of the primary schools all committees in the primary
education sub-sector have been reviewed and reconstituted. School Management
Committees, Upazila Education Committees and National Committee for formulation
of National Plan of Action for Education for All (EFA) in the light of Dakar
Framework have been made more functional.
Reconstruction,
renovation and refurbishment works of government primary schools and
registered non-government primary schools are being implemented in full
swing under different projects. Under this initiative, government primary
schools and registered non-government primary schools have been
reconstructed and refurbished.
National
Academy for Primary Education (NAPE) is an apex training institution for
primary education. For proper functioning this institution has been
converted into an autonomous body under Ministry of Primary and Mass
Education (MOPME).
To
free the country from the curse of illiteracy, the govt. introduced
Integrated Non-Formal Education Programme (INFEP) in the year 1991. Under
this programme, about 2.5 million illiterate people have been made literate.
To accomplish the different activities under this programme 7.5 million
books, teachers’ guide, teachers’ training manual and other related
teaching materials were distributed. At the same time, some more additional
interventions were identified and successfully implemented. In continuation
of those steps, about 18 million more illiterate people were made literate
under non-formal education projects.