Women's education in Bangladesh: needs and issues
An analysis of educational policies concerning womens education in Bangladesh as expressed in national development plans and an account of educational infrastructure for girls and women in this country - Education of women was not conceived to promote equality of status as human beings, but to improve their role as housewives and mothers. They are also not seen as productive members of the family. Womens education suffers particularly from rural urban differences. There is a big gap in literacy rates between men and women. For the achievement of universal education at primary level only formal schooling has been considered, not taking into account nonformal approaches. Due to national regional disparities both male and female suffer from unequal access to education. Enrolment ratio for girls is much lower in primary and especially in secondary education with few and unequally distributed girls' schools. In girls schooling dropout rate is high as girls are frequently withdrawn by parents to help at home. It is difficult to increase the number of women teachers. Demand for higher education is rising. There are few systematic nonformal education programmes for women. Usually they offer either literacy or training in skills and take place mainly in urban areas.
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| Format: | book biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Foundation for Research on Educational Planning and Development
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| Subjects: | Access to education, Dropout rate, Enrolment ratio, Literacy, Nonformal education, Universal education, Women teachers, Womens education, |
| Online Access: | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000165859 |
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