National Academy for Primary Education (NAPE) is the only national level institute of training and research for primary education in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1978 as Academy for Fundamental Education and was renamed in 1985 as NAPE. It was planned to be the co-ordination and information centre to facilitate training for the Primary Education Officers as well as centre for professional development of the concerned personnel in the field of educational management, research and academic supervision. Recently NAPE has got autonomy to contribute more towards the quantitative and qualitative improvement of primary education. It has been functioning as an autonomous body since October, 2004.