Bangladesh achieved tremendous success in enrollment of girls at the primary schools

 

Bangladesh remains to score good grades in achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of gender parity in education by 2015, with the movement of more girls than boys attending primary schools accelerating recent years. Early estimates for the accounting year that ended March show an enrolment ratio of 52:48 favoring girls, which is consistent with the trend since 2010 when girls overtook boys in primary school enrolment. Not only had the enrolment girls’ students also achieved better performance than boys in the primary completion examination 2012.

 

"Eliminating gender disparity in primary education by Bangladesh, recognized worldwide, is the result of strong political commitment," recruiting more female teachers, involving non-government organizations (NGOs), and paying out cash subsidy are among interventions that helped turn around the situation of a decade ago when schooling for girls was unthinkable in parts of Bangladesh because of social and religious barricades.

 

One of the big reasons for the better performance of girls than boys is primary school teachers’ recruitment policy

Government of Bangladesh changed for primary school teacher recruitment policy which was issued in August 1983. This policy was followed until 1990 when the revised recruitment rules, incorporating a 60 percent quota and lower qualification for female teachers, were established and published. The present recruitment rules allow a male candidate must have graduation degree from a College/University. A female candidate with a Senior School Certificate (SSC), and a minimum standing of a 'Second Division Pass', can apply for a primary school teaching post. An SSC is obtained after the completion of 10 years of schooling. In 1991 the government revised the requisite qualifications for the female candidates to attract more female teachers to the profession.