More boys shun primary schools than girls despite BD’s efforts to curb dropoutsAt least 18 per cent of the primary students drop out in Bangladesh with boys accounting for most of it, despite different efforts by the government. The government and private primary schools counted more than 20 million students in 2019, with girls accounting for 51.08 per cent of the total. At least 2.8 million students were admitted to the first grade in primary schools in 2019. The dropout rate narrowed to 39.8 per cent in 2010 with more boys abandoning schools than girls. According to the latest survey of the Directorate of Primary Education, 17.9 percent of primary students dropped out in 2019.

Source: bd News24 August 04, 2020 08:03 UTC