The Learning Crisis Persists in Bangladesh: Findings from a Two-stage Study
By the end of primary school, students in Bangladesh are expected to have acquired foundational skills such as basic reading, writing, and numeracy. However, recent assessments conducted by various government institutes reveal that the proportion of Bangladeshi students not meeting grade-level reading comprehension and mathematics standards is extremely low – more than half of children in grades 3 and older lacked required competence in maths and Bangla in 2022.