Striving To Reach Universal Primary Education

Bangladesh has made excellent progress in terms of net school enrolment rates and elimination of gender disparity in education. However, 3.3 million primary school aged children remain out of school and only 51 percent of students complete their full five year cycle of primary education. Bangladesh is unlikely to achieve universal primary school completion by 2015 if current trends in access and completion do not improve.

Through school feeding, more children enrol in primary and pre-primary schools and attend classes more regularly.