Female Education & Women Teachers In Bangladesh

Female Education

• Boy-girl ratio in primary school is 52:48. This indicates that Bangladesh has achieved almost gender parity at the primary level of education.

• Female teachers have been recruited in large number. In the eighties the female teachers in primary school were below twenty percent, but in 1998 the proportion has increased to 31 percent.

• The Government has reserved 60 % of the teaching posts for females in primary schools. Women have been in focus of public policy in Bangladesh.

Women Teachers

Female teachers play a vital role in motivating and increasing girl enrollment in the schools. In order to make basic education more effective and ensure higher enrollment and retention of girls in schools