Education in Bangladesh is overseen by the country's Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education is responsible for implementing policy for primary education and state-funded schools at a local level. In Bangladesh, all citizens must undertake twelve years of compulsory education which consists of eight years at primary school level and four years at high school level. Primary and secondary education is financed by the state and free of charge in public schools.
Education in People's Republic ofBangladeshMinistry of Education
Ministry of Primary and Mass EducationMinister for Education
Minister for Primary and Mass EducationDipu Moni
Mostafizur RahmanNational education budget (2015)BudgetUS$2.185 billion
(172.951 billion Taka)[1]General detailsPrimary languagesBengali, EnglishSystem typeNationalEstablished
compulsory education4 November 1972Literacy (2017[2])Total72.89%Male75.69%Female70.09%EnrollmentTotal23,907,151Primary16,230,000Secondary7,400,000Post secondary277,151AttainmentSecondary diploma335,454Post-secondary diploma86,948"Bangladesh Education Stats". NationMaster. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
"Statistical Pocket Book-2006" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
"Bangladesh". World Factbook. CIA. 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
Bangladesh conforms fully to the UN's Education For All (EFA) objectives[3] and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)[4] as well as other education-related international declarations. Article 17 of the Bangladesh Constitution provides that all children receive free and compulsory education.[5]
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