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to Bangladesh
Education
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| Languages |
Bangla (official, also
known as Bengali), English |
| Literacy |
definition: age
15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.9%
male: 54%
female: 41.4%
(2001 Census)
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| School life expectancy
(primary to tertiary education) |
total: 8
years
male: 8
years
female: 8
years (2004)
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| Education expenditures |
2.7% of GDP (2005) |
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Education
is not compulsory, but is free for elementary students.
Approximately 85 percent of the elementary school-aged
children attend schools, while secondary schools enroll
less than 20 percent. This poor attendance record
is responsible for Bangladesh's literacy rate of 41
percent for people 15 years and older. The
education system in Bangladesh is similar to that begun
by the British before 1947.
Over
500,000 students attended colleges or universities in
the years from 1989 to 1990. The largest (and
oldest) university in Bangladesh is the University of
Dhaka which was established in 1921. Other
universities in Dhaka are Jahangirnagar University
(1970) and the Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology (1962). Two Bangladesh's colleges are
Chittagong Polyechnic Institute (1962) and Bangladesh
College of Textile Technology (1950).
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