The education system and structure of Bangladesh has three major stages-primary, secondary and higher educations.
Primary education is a 5-year cycle while secondary education is a 7-
year one with three sub-stages: 3 years of junior secondary, 2 years of
secondary and 2 years of higher secondary. The private schools also
receive strong financial support from the state. The tertiary education
(3-5 years) is provided through universities (34 public and 60 private
universities) and affiliated colleges under supervision of University Grants Commission. Establishment of private universities has gained momentum in recent years. At all levels, students can choose the medium of education from Bangla or English.
The Ministry of Education
is the supreme state office for education which again is subdivided in
different directorates for each level while running numerous development
projects (Education Projects and Technical projects). According to the
article 17 of the Constitution, all the children of Bangladesh are
supposed to receive full free education up to secondary level. Secondary
and higher secondary schools are affiliated under ten (10) education
boards. The boards administer three public examinations - Junior School Certificate (JSC) Examination, Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination and the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examination.
The higher secondary schools are known as colleges. There are also
Madrasah (religiously inclined) and English medium schools which are
enrolled under Madrasah Education Board and Foreign Education Board
respectively. Besides this, a Technical Education Board has been
established to administer the vocational training schools at post
secondary level in Education Board. The National Curriculam and Textbook Board
is the authority to develop, approve and manage the curriculum and text
books for primary, junior, secondary and higher secondary level.
Government has also established Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BANBEIS) which keeps educational information at all levels. Bangladesh Government has published an Education Policy which is developed based on the inputs taken from different education commissions
over the years. There are also many non-profit organizations which
operate informal and semi-formal education for underprivileged children
under supervision of Bureau of Non-formal Education.
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