page_title: Youth in Bangladesh
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Youth in Bangladesh / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: 10 years old Dipa and 12 years old Laboni study in class 2 at "Unique Child learning Center", Mirmur-Dhaka, Bangladesh Română: Dipa, de 10 ani, și Laboni, de 12 ani, învață în clasa a 2-a la „Unique Child learning Center”, Mirmur-Dhaka, Bangladesh
context_page_description: There are over 57 million children in Bangladesh. Although Bangladesh has an increasingly stable and growing economy, half of these children continue to live below the international poverty line. Protection, health, education, nutrition, safe water and hygiene are considered basic rights for all children, yet children in Bangladesh face issues on all these fronts. 26 million children live below the national poverty line.
  Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child-marriage in the world. 66% of women were married before they turned 18. 13% of children are involved in child labor. Child laborers are frequently denied an education and are vulnerable to violence and abuse. Less than 80% of students enrolled in grade one complete primary school. High drop-out rates and poor quality teaching and learning are serious problems for primary schools.
context_section_description: Article 17 of the Bangladesh Constitution provides that all children receive free and compulsory education. By law, children between the ages of six and ten must attend school. However, the quality of education in Bangladesh is generally regarded as poor. According to UNICEF, access to education remains a challenge for working children, disabled children, indigenous children, those in remote areas, and those living in extreme poverty. Only half of all children living in poorer areas attend. Boys are more likely to drop out of school than girls, or not enroll at all. One third of staff at government schools teach without a Certificate in Education. Interactive and inclusive learning is difficult in the face of traditional teaching methods which favor rote learning. Students regularly fail to meet required curriculum competencies, so repetition rates are high. It usually takes longer than 5 years for a child to complete grades one through five. Primary schools which do not have enough space to accommodate all local children resort to a ‘double shift’, which effectively halves the time an individual spends in the classroom. Regular school closures further reduce class time. In many schools, dark and cramped classrooms continue to hamper learning.
caption: Girls studying at the Unique Child Learning Center in Mirpur-Dhaka
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