Primary Education in Bangladesh- Opinion
by Primary education is the backbone of any educational system, which is not the most prioritized sector in Bangladesh.
Primary education in Bangladesh- Opinion
Md. Rezaul Karim, Assistant Professor, Southern University Bangladesh
An educated nation is a developed nation, and vice a versa. Education starts from the cradle to grave. Education is not only gathering information in the memory but also changing behavior. In general sense education is any act or experience that has a formative effect. Education is also defined as the process by which the society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another. In another sense, education is the expected behavioral change of mankind. So it is the responsibility of the present generation to transmit proper education to the next generation for their existence and for further development of the society. It is notable that education means not only knowledge but it also means skills and values.
Primary educational history – Bangladesh:
During the Muslim rule, Islamic education based on Mosque was introduced. These three types of education continued from the 6th century to the middle of 18th century. All types of religious education were aimed at creating moral character of the students for the worldly life and the life after death. In the colonial age, the British introduced a new system with a commercial view by establishing Fort William College in Kolkata in 1800, breaking the indigenous system of Bengal. They also tried to establish primary schools in Bengal after the system in their own country. The subcontinent was divided into two parts in 1947 and Bangladesh became a part of Pakistan. The government of the then East Bengal introduced compulsory primary education in the province in 1947 but the scheme was suspended in 1953 and finally abolished in 1957. The government established 5000 primary schools as compulsory and non-compulsory primary school. They were later renamed as model and non-model primary schools. The remarkable development in primary education was initiated by the government of Sheikh Mujib immediately after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972. The primary education was recognised as a national responsibility of the government and the fundamental right of the people entrusted by the constitution of Bangladesh. In 1972, the Mujib government formed the Kudrat-e-Khuda Education Commission to recommend objectives, strategies and action plans for creating a modern education system that would meet the needs of an independent nation and be compatible with the systems of the neighbouring countries. The report of the commission was published in 1974 and it outlined the objectives of primary education as:
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