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• At 6 years old, the official starting age for primary school in Bangladesh, nine out of ten children are in school: 63 percent in primary education and 27 percent in pre-primary or ECE. • The children in Grade 1 exhibit significant age variation: 39 percent are the officially sanctioned
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56 per cent of children have had their birth registered. 44 per cent of children have not had their birth registered (children under five years of age). Source: UNICEF and BBS, 2019, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019
While there is no reliable recent data, the number of children in street situations (living on the street or spending the majority of their time working on the street) is alarmingly high. Sleeping on the street: 30.1 per cent children live and sleep in public or open spaces (streets, stations, terminals, fields and parks) without the most basic ame...
11.3 per cent of children are engaged in child labour, hazardous work, or both (ages 5-17). 6.8 per cent of children are engaged in child labour as per the definition in the Sustainable Development Goals (8.7.1). This definition focuses on children who are engaged in economic activities or in households chores above a certain number of hours/week a...
Girls married before the age of 18: 51.4 per cent (of women aged 20-24)* 38 million women and girls were married before the age of 18.** Girls married before the age of 15:15.5 per cent (of women aged 20-24)* Girls giving birth before the age of 18:24 per cent (of women aged 20-24)* Bangladesh has the 8thhighest prevalence of child marriage in the ...
Children seriously exposed to climate hazards:20 million* Bangladesh ranks 7 among countries most affected by extreme weather events** Bangladesh ranks 15 of 163 countries where children at most risk of climate change. *** Children’s well-being is at risk due to exposure to climate-related and environmental shocks and hazards such as coastal floodi...
Children living with disability enrolled in formal education: 40.41 per cent (aged 5-17 years). Primary school: 65.25 per cent.Secondary school: 34.75 per cent. Source: BBS, 2022, Report on National Survey on Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) 2021
Primary school net enrolment rate: 97.42 per cent* Primary school completion rate:85.85 percent* Primary school drop-out rate: 14.15 per cent* Secondary net enrolment rate:70.25 per cent** Secondary school completion rate:64.24 per cent** Secondary drop-out rate:35.66 per cent** * Source: Directorate of Primary Education (DPE), 2022, Annual Primary...
Access to basic hand hygiene facilities in households: 58 per cent: Schools: 51 per cent; Health care facilities:38 per cent* Access to appropriate menstrual hygiene materials and place to wash: 94 per cent (women aged 15-49)** Missed participation in social activities/school/work due to menstruation:10 per cent (girls aged 15-19)** * Source:WHO, U...
Full valid coverage:83.9 per cent (by 12 months of age) Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT3):93.3 per cent (by 12 months of age) Measles and rubella (MR1):88.6 per cent (by 12 months of age) Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB1):99.7 per cent (by 12 months of age) Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV1):99.7 per cent (by 12 months of age) Source: Director...
Neonatal mortality rate:20 per 1,000 live births (0-28 days of age) Infant mortality rate:25 per 1,000 live births (0-11 months) Under-five mortality rate:31 per 1,000 live births (0-59 months) Source:USAID and NIPORT, 2023, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022: Key Indicators Report
SCHOOL LIFE IN BANGLADESH. School life expectancy (SLE) is the total number of years of schooling (primary to tertiary) that a child can expect to receive. total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2017) [Source: CIA World Factbook, 2020] Most children begin school at age five or six.
To complicate things further, local education is controlled by a hierarchy of school boards. The first phase, fully free primary school lasts for 5 years, typically between ages 6 and 10. Middle Education Pupils aged approximately 11 years of age enter junior secondary school.
given school-year prior to the survey who are no longer attending school in the survey year, Bangladesh, 2021 Drop-out rates of girls to boys (GPI), in primary, lower and upper secondary school, and additional parity indices for all children irrespective of the level of education,
relevant age groups, mothers’ education levels, child’s functional difficulties, ethnicity and wealth quintile. For this, the MICS2 (Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys) instruments and approach has been used, considering the following advantages: • The last MICS in Bangladesh was conducted in 2019. Therefore, conducting this survey in 2021
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