Education System in Bangladesh

Education System in Bangladesh is being managed and administered by two Ministries. Ministry of  Education (MoE) and Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Division in association with the attached Departments and Directorates as well as a number of autonomous bodies.

Education	School/Level	Grades	Age	Years	Notes
Primary	Primary Education	1–5	6–10	5
Secondary	Junior Secondary Education	6–8	11–13	3
Secondary	Secondary Education	9–10	14–15	2	Includes Trace Certificate/SSC
Secondary	Higher Secondary	11–12	16–17	2	Includes 2 years of 4 year Diploma in Engineering & Nursing, HSC Vocational
Vocational	Diploma in Engineering			4	Not a Bachelors, similar to Associates
Tertiary	Fazil	13–14	2		Similar to Associates Degree
Tertiary	Bachelor's		3–5
Tertiary	Kamil	15–16		2	Similar to Bachelor's degree
Tertiary	Bachelor (Engineering & Technology	15–16		3	Engineering & Technology
Tertiary	Master's	1–2		1-2
Tertiary	Master of Philosopy			2
Tertiary	Doctorate			3–5

Primary education

Bangladesh's education system is unusually complex in that primary, middle, senior and tertiary education is general, madrash (religious) or oriented towards technical/vocational choices and even private schools and universities are heavily subsidized - indeed the constitution mandates that children under 6 and 10 pay nothing. Will not. To complicate matters further, local education is governed by a hierarchy of school boards. In the first stage, completely free primary school lasts for 5 years, usually between 6 and 10 years.

Secondary education   

Students enter junior secondary school at approximately 11 years of age. This is an important phase of their young lives, because here they must make an educational choice that can irrevocably dictate their future.

Higher Secondary Education

Those who choose to complete the last 2 out of their 10 school grades in general secondary school can specify a specialization in Humanities, Science or Commerce. At the end of this they can write a Secondary School Certificate examination supervised by at least 7 school boards. Alternatively, they may elect to follow the madrasah religious education path which culminates in a different series of examinations at the same level.

Vocational education

Other students move to vocational training institutes or technical training centers run by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor and Employment respectively. The choices here are between long-term professional certification and short-term job-specific orientation.

Tertiary education

Students of Bangladesh education who are in both courses have a choice again. This includes writing their Higher Secondary Education Certificate after another 2 years at a Technical/Poly Technical Institute where they further improve their practical skills. Alternatively, they can enter one of the many private or state-funded universities for 5 years of undergraduate study.

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Dhaka University was established in 1921 as a statement of national identity. Many believe that without this Oxford of the past, the nation could not be independent and self-governing today.

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