Compulsory primary education in Bangladesh

The meaning of compulsory primary education is that all the children up to the age of 10 must complete their education up to the level of class five. Its purpose is to the impart knowledge of reading, writing and simple arithmetic.

If the citizens of a country are given right type of education, they will be able to solve the economic, social and political problems of their country. Moreover it will not be easy for the opportunist self-seekers to exploit them. Hence all the children of a country like Bangladesh must be given education up to certain level. Therefore, universal primary education has become a vital issue.

Bangladesh is beset with many problems. So it is very difficult to educate all the people within a short time. A large portion of children have not yet got the opportunity to go to primary schools. There are about 44000 primary schools in this country which are not sufficient to provide accommodation for all the children. More over the poor and illiterate parents do not realize the importance of education. They think that it is better to keep their children at home than to send them to schools. They engage their children in different work to earn money to support their family. Considering all these problems, primary education should be made free and compulsory.

The government of this country has taken some steps to remove illiteracy from the society. The year 1992 has started as the year for universal education. For this purpose all the children 5 to 7 must go to school. They are taught free their. They government has also taken vigorous campaign program to motivate parents to send their children to send to schools. The government has also launched food for education program to inspire the poor parents to send their children to send to school. Text books are also supplied to the students free of cost. Again UNESECSO, ASHA, BRAC and many other organizations have come forward to wipe out illiteracy from the country.

The prosperity and progress of a nation depends upon the complete removal of illiteracy. For that implementation of compulsory free primary education has become a crying need. In order to make the compulsory free primary education program successful people have to eradicate the problems that stand in the way of it. Firstly the parents should be made to realize the importance of education. More schools should be established so that no student is deprived of having primary education. Poor students should be provided with books, pens, dress etc. free of cost.