Overview

Education in the People's Republic of Bangladesh
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Ministry of Education Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Minister for Education Minister for Primary and Mass Education	Nurul Islam Nahid Mostafizur Rahman
National education budget (2015)
Budget	US$2.185 billion (171 billion Taka)[1]
General details
Primary languages	Bengali, English
System type	National
Established Compulsory Education	4 November 1972
Literacy (2015)
Total	75.4%[2]
Male	77.1%
Female	71.5%
Enrollment
Total	23,907,151
Primary	16,230,000
Secondary	7,400,000
Post secondary	277,151
Attainment
Secondary diploma	335,454
Post-secondary diploma	86,948
"Bangladesh Education Stats". NationMaster. Retrieved 2016-09-12. "Statistical Pocket Book-2006" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2006. Retrieved 2016-09-12. "Bangladesh". World Factbook. CIA. 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-12.