Bangladesh

Background Information

Region

South Asia

World Bank income group

Lower middle income

Percent of population aged 10-24

28% (UNFPA, 2023)

Total primary school age population (both sexes)

14,564,045 (UIS, 2023)

Total secondary school age population (both sexes)

21,906,142 (UIS, 2023)

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)

51%

Source: UNSDG , 2019

Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)

74

Source: UN Human Development Reports , 2020

Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)

49%

Source: DHS , 2007

Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)

49%

Source: DHS , 2018

Education Snapshot Back to Top

Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)

5

Source: UIS , 2022

Percentage of upper secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities Percentage of schools

77%

Source: UNESCO , 2018

Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities Percentage of schools

  • Primary 88%

    (2022)

  • Lower secondary 97%

    (2022)

  • Upper secondary 97%

    (2022)

Source: UIS

Women as a percentage of teachers in tertiary education Women as a percentage

Source: UIS , 2020

Men as a percentage of teachers in pre-primary education

No data available

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education

Source: UIS , 2023

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading

No data available

Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

No data available

Experiencing bullying in the last 12 months in lower secondary education

  • Female 17%

  • Male 27%

Female: UNESCO, 2014

Male: UNESCO, 2014

Youth not in education, employment or training

  • Female 44%

  • Male 10%

Female: ILO, 2017

Male: ILO, 2017

Completion rate

Primary school age

  • Female 89%

  • Male 76%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Lower secondary school age

  • Female 70%

  • Male 59%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Upper secondary school age

  • Female 27%

  • Male 32%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Out-of-school rate

Primary school

  • Female 4%

  • Male 8%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Lower secondary school

  • Female 8%

  • Male 18%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Upper secondary school

  • Female 26%

  • Male 36%

Female: UIS, 2019

Male: UIS, 2019

Legal Frameworks Back to Top

Presence of legislation on child protection, to prevent corporal punishment in schools

3

Limited protection from violence in educational institutions

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation protecting the right to education without discrimination based on sex/gender

1

Does not enshrine right to education

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Presence of legislation to protect and facilitate education of pregnant adolescent girls

2

No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls

Source: HerAtlas , 2019

Existence of processes to support coordinated action on gender equality in and through education by ministries, civil society, youth organizations and other actors

Data coming soon!

Existence of systematic processes to review and update curricula and learning resources, with a view to eradicating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality

Data coming soon!

Training on gender-responsive pedagogies is embedded in teacher training programmes

Data coming soon!

Programs Back to Top

Network/Convening/Conference

Asia Pacific Region National Education Coalitions COVID-19 Zoom Conference

Funding Initiative/Portfolio

Australia Awards Scholarships

Advocacy Campaign/Project

Community Empowerment

Research Project/Report/Study

Coronavirus Outbreak, Schooling and Learning: Study on Secondary School Students in Bangladesh

Project/Program

Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research Project/Report/Study

Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)

Project/Program

Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)

Project/Program

GIRLS Inspire project

Project/Program

Global Programme to End Child Marriage

Network/Convening/Conference

Her Choice

Project/Program

Inspiring Married Adolescent Girls to Imagine New Empowered Futures (IMAGINE)

Project/Program

Let Us Learn

Research Project/Report/Study

Living Under Lockdown: Girls and COVID-19

Research Project/Report/Study

Operations Research on Keeping Girls in Schools to Reduce Child Marriage in Rural Bangladesh

Project/Program

Remote Teacher-training Package

Project/Program

(re)solve

Project/Program

Safe Schools for Girls

Project/Program

Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha

Research Project/Report/Study

Strengthening Monitoring and Reporting of Attacks on Education

Project/Program

Supporting Rohingya Child Refugees - Early Childhood Care And Education (ECCE) in Bangladesh

Research Project/Report/Study

Tega

Research Project/Report/Study

The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education

Research Project/Report/Study

The Impacts of "Soft Skills" Training on Professional Advancement of Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Project/Program

Tipping Point

Project/Program

Youth Education and Skills Programme for Economic Growth (YES4Growth)

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Government Programs Back to Top

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