Literacy rate increasing

Staff Correspondent: The country has been witnessing continuous surge of its literacy rate for the last years.

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman at a press briefing on Thursday said that the literacy rate of Bangladesh is now 72.9 per cent which was 72.3 per cent last year.

There are 3.35crore illiterate people in the country and the government will take programmes to make them literate, said the minister.

To remove illiteracy from the country, the Bureau of Non-Formal Education is implementing a basic education project among the 45 lakh illiterate people of the 15-45 age group, he said.

Besides, the decision of introducing primary education up to class VIII is under scrutiny, said the minister adding that it will be implemented after finalising all the works and scrutiny.

The government is implementing various schemes in the education sector with the major objectives of ensuring education for all and setting a standard in education, he added.



risingbd/Dhaka/Sept 7, 2018/Yeamin/Mukul