A RESEARCH PAPER
ON
EDUCATION SYSTEM OF BANGLADESH

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES
METHODOLOGY
DESCRIPTION
HISTORY
COMPARISON OF FOUR DECADES
RELATE WITH MDG’S
CHALLENGES
RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Getting access to basic education has been a fundamental human right of every citizen of a country. This fundamental right has been denied to a large section of the population lying particularly below the poverty line in many developing countries of the world including Bangladesh. Acute poverty in their families may be singled out as the major cause behind such situation. Recognizing the critical importance of transforming them into effective human resources and thereby making them worthy citizens the Millennium Summit that held in Dakar back in 2000 declared ‘achieving universal primary education’ as one of its major agendas. As set out in the Millennium declaration this goal, known as MDG 2, has been the goal for providing access to primary education to all by the year 2015. However, Bangladesh, as a
Signatory to the Dakar declaration expressed strong commitment towards achieving the goal of universal primary education which has sustainable positive implications for reduction in poverty by significantly large margin.

In the words of Dr. A.M.R. Chowdhury, deputy executive director of BRAC,
Bangladesh’s leading institution for non-formal education: “Education is the backbone of sustainable development. Education stimulates and empowers people to participate in their own development”1. A plan for sustainable development must address the issue of education because it plays a critical role not only in expanding further educational opportunities, but also in fostering basic intellectual abilities such as literacy that are crucial to success in a world