Education - Promoting Progress Through Knowledge
The education systems of Bangladesh have long since left their stymied past and now look forward to a brighter future. The government has made education of the masses one of their top priorities and as such has set up a number of programs and initiatives designed to help the people of Bangladesh obtain a fairly good level of education regardless of gender or class.
In the past, Bangladesh education was primarily an English-controlled upper-class affair with all courses given in English and very little being done for the common people. The Bangladesh education board has taken massive steps to leave such practices in the past and are looking forward to education as a way to provide a somewhat poverty stricken nation with a brighter future.
Currently the education system is divided into 4 levels or stages. The first is the Primary level, which incorporates grades 1 to 5. The second is Secondary level, which covers grades 6 to 10. Then there is a Higher Secondary level, which consists of grades 11 and 12. If a student wishes to pursue further studies, tertiary education institutions are available. There are 11 government universities in Bangladesh and some 20 private universities that provide tertiary education. Students can choose to further studies in engineering, technology, agriculture and medicine at a variety of universities and colleges.
At all levels of schooling, students can choose to receive their education in English or Bengali. Private schools tend to make use of English-based mediums while government-sponsored schools use Bengali mediums of study. There is a third brand of study that is usually made use of by the very poor or orphaned. The Religious branch of education is a sort of religious schooling system that teaches all the basics of education in a religious environment. Similar in some ways to the priory system of Christianity, these Madrasa take in countless homeless children and provide them with food, shelter and education. Religious studies are taught in Arabic and the children also usually serve the related Mosques.
Current projects to promote the education of children in Bangladesh include compulsory primary education for all, free education for girls up to grade 10, stipends for female students, a nationwide integrated education system and a food-for education literacy movement. A large section of the country’s national budget is set aside to help put these various programs into action and to promote education and make it more accessible. Recent years has seen efforts pay off and the Bangladesh education system is strides ahead of what it was only a few short years ago.
Aga Khan School
Sector 4
Uttara Model Town
Dhaka
Telephone: 880 2 895 0029 or 891 4042
Chittagong Grammar School
Surson Valley
448 / B Joy Nagar
Chatteswari Road
Chittagong
Telephone: 88-031-632900 or 88-031-654191 or 88-031-622472
Email: cgslower@hotmail.com or cgsmiddle@gmail.com or cgs.upper@gmail.com
Dhaka Residential Model College
Mirpur Rd
Mohammadpur
Dhaka-1207
Telephone: 88-02-8118834
Gulshan Model High School & College
Road 86
Gulshan-2
Dhaka-1212
Ispahani School & College
3, New Eskaton Road
Maghbazar
Dhaka-1217
Telephone: +88-02-9332716
Kalyanpur Girls School & College
Kalyanpur
Mirpur
Dhaka-1216
Telephone: +88-02-9002113
Kamalapur School & College
20, Mayakanan
Kamalapur
Dhaka-1214
Telephone: +88-02-7201505
Khilgaon Girls' School & College
Khilgaon
Dhaka-1219
Telephone: +88-02-7214640
Meherunnisa Girls School & College
54/1, North Circular Rd
Aklimabagh Dhanmondi
Dhaka-1205
Telephone: +88-02-507079
Mohammadpur Preparatory Girls School & College
15/1, Iqbal Rd
Mohammadpur
Dhaka-1207
Telephone: +88-02-9114334, 9112663
Shah Ali Girls School & College
Mirpur 1
Dhaka-1216
Telephone: +88-02-9002426
Shantibagh School & College
Shantibagh
Dhaka-1217
Telephone: +88-02-7210986
Sher-e-Bangla Girls School & College
29, Hatkhola Road
Tikatuli
Dhaka-1000
Telephone: +88-02-9550809
South Point School & College
House 3/A, Rd. 22
Gulshan-1
Dhaka-1212
Telephone: +88-02-9895153
The Scholars School & College
House 59/A, Rd. 7/A
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka-1209
Telephone: +88-02-9124661
Viquarunnisa Noon School & College
1/A, Baily Road
Dhaka-1000
Telephone: +88-02-8319831
Willes Little Flower Higher Secondary School
Kakrail
Dhaka-1000
Telephone: +88-02-9331850
Dhanmondi Tutorial
House no. 8, Road no. 14
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka 1205
Telephone: +880 2 9665811
Email: dt@accesstel.net
Government Laboratory High School
Adil Securities Ltd.
2 Asad Gate (1st floor)
Dhaka-1207
Telephone: +8802-8141784, 8142337
Email: info@laboratorians.net
Green Gems International School
House No. 33A, Road No. 9A
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka - 1209
Telephone: 9143882, 8121946
E-mail: green_gems91@hotmail.com
Ideal School & College
Motijheel
Dhaka-1000
Telephone: 9330177(Motijheel), 7286363 (Bonosri)
Oxford International School
House # 34, Road # 27 (old)
Dhanmondi R/A
Dhaka
Telephone: 9115392, 9124108, 9145587
Fax: 9117275
Email:gmnu302@yahoo.com
St. Francis Xavier’s Greenherald International School
24 Asad Avenue
Mohammadpur
Dhaka
User Comments & Reviews
2009-12-11 18:51:12
I think the educational system of Bangladesh is not at all good. We should follow other developed countries in order to develop our country.
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