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Bangladesh has seen significant changes in its education system as the country has gone through several transformations in terms of its identity – from being a part of greater Bengal in Northeast India until 1947 to being referred to as East Pakistan till 1971 and to finally becoming the present-day Bangladesh through its emergence in 1971 as a sovereign nation-state separate from Pakistan. This chapter begins by discussing the history of education in the Indian subcontinent and the education system that prevailed in the parts of the subcontinent that later came to be referred to as Bangladesh. Specific focus of the chapter is on primary and secondary education as also the nonformal education and the contribution of different stakeholders in education. The chapter discusses the education structure, governance and management, curriculum and assessment, as well as issues such as access, participation, retention, and transition in general education. This chapter also looks into government policies and programs for education, the inclusion of children deprived of education, and development partners’ contribution in providing financial and technical support to ensure participation of all in education. Overall, the chapter provides an understanding of the developments in relation to the domain of education in Bangladesh.
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Mousumi, M.A., Kusakabe, T. (2020). School Education System in Bangladesh. In: Sarangapani, P., Pappu, R. (eds) Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia. Global Education Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3309-5_11-1
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