Female members of international migrant families are significantly ahead with a 74.8% literacy rate, compared to 71.3% among internal migrants, and 68.7% among non-migrant families. Members of migrant families are doing better in secondary, higher secondary, and even tertiary-level education, compared to those who have no migrant members in their families. In some cases it was found that the drop-out rate at the primary level is higher among internal and non-migrant families than international migrant families. Among international migrant family members, 27% have primary (Class 1-5) education, while 27.4% of internal migrant family members and 30% of non-migrant family membershave the same level of education. So primary education shows low rates within members of international migrant families, but as a whole, the literacy rate is higher among the families of international migrants,” she added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 25, 2018 19:07 UTC