Education in Bangladesh

Education prevents Bangladesh’s Economy Education is one of the key elements that prevent Bangladesh from becoming a more economically developed country. Lack of education limits the people in Bangladesh, which leads to limiting Bangladesh’s economical development. There are various factors why education leads to Bangladesh economical issue. East Pakistan gained independence from West Pakistan and Bangladesh was formed in 1971 (State Gov). From 1971 to 1991 there were various military coups and dictators who came to power (State Gov). In 1991 Bangladesh Nationalist Party came in to power and the Parliamentary democracy system was adopted (State Gov). Various ministries were formed for different sectors (Ison); the Ministry of Education was formed to look into the issues related to education and to resolve issues related to education. Most of the primary schools are privately owned in Bangladesh (Ison), so they do not really favor the poor. If they were run buy the government, it would favor the poor because they would have to play less tuitions. The Ministry of Education mainly looks at the development of post-primary education, secondary school, high school, and college. In rural areas in Bangladesh, females often do not attend school for too long because their parents want to prepare them to get married (Ison). Overall, education is not too strong in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has a fairly low literacy rate, but the attendance rate for higher-level schooling is low. According to UNICEF, Bangladesh’s literacy rate is 73% for male and 76% for females. Which is not too low, but the attendance rate for higher-level primary school is 50% and for secondary school is 43% (UNICEF). The attendance rate is very poor for higher-level schooling, so there is not point of being enrolled to school for only few years and dropping out afterwards. The low literacy rate and the attendance rate limits people’s critical thinking skill and problem solving skills. If people are