[6] Bangladesh conforms fully to the UN's Education For All (EFA) objectives[7] and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)[8] as well as other education-related international declarations.

[12] Again, the budgetary allocation is too inadequate that the following source reiterates "Out of the total budget of taka 678,064 crore (approximately 62.6 billion dollars) for FY23, the allocation for the education sector is taka 81,449 crore (approximately 7.5 billion dollars) or 12 percent of the total, compared to 11.9 percent in FY22.

As education stands as an indispensable human right, dedicated efforts are being exerted to guarantee its accessibility for every individual.

Additionally, an increasing number of female students are enrolling in school, subsequently entering the workforce and making substantial contributions to the expansion of various economic sectors.

[15] The government in recent years has made notable efforts at improving women's educational condition in the country.

Bengali and English are mandatory subjects for all students following the national curriculum irrespective of their chosen medium of instruction.

For instance, a student studying in science group can't replace chemistry, Bangla or religion for accounting or history.

[citation needed] A standardized exam is held in class 8 called Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination; schools often restrict students getting less than their set grade point average (GPA) from pursuing the science stream of education.

Standardized written tests (Creative part) and multiple-choice questions (MCQ) are taken in a single sitting without breaks.

The new curriculum is expected to reduce the need of school coaching centers[28] as there will be various activities involved in the learning process[29] offering students a better understanding of each topic.

It is expected to shift our curriculum from an outcome-centric one to a competency-based one with 10 selected competencies a student is supposed to possess at completion of class 12 with emphasis on character building.

[32][33] A handful of conferences and non-violent protests have been held, with an aim to partially change the latest curriculum or return to the older one.

Cadet Colleges are important schools in the education system of Bangladesh which follows the national curriculum.

[37] As of September 2019, tertiary education in Bangladesh takes place at 44 government, 101 private and 3 international universities.

Students can choose to further their studies in chartered accountancy, engineering, technology, agriculture and medicine at a variety of universities and colleges.

According to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, this year (2022), 34,70,16,277 textbooks have been distributed among 4,17,26,856 pre-primary, primary, secondary, Ebtedayee, Dakhil, vocational, SSC vocational, ethnic minority groups and visually challenged students across the country.

Nine region-based Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) are responsible for conducting the two public examinations: At the school level, in the case of non-government secondary schools, School Management Committees (SMC), and at the intermediate college level, in the case of non-government colleges, Governing Bodies (GB), formed as per government directives, are responsible for mobilizing resources, approving budgets, controlling expenditures, and appointing and disciplining staff.

The headmaster is solely responsible for running the school and is supervised by the deputy director of the respective zone.

They admit students via competitive written standardized tests after meeting eligible High School grade criteria with little to no regards for extracurricular activities.

[54] Foreign students and teachers are more often found in private universities due to more flexible requirements than their public counterparts.

The Ordinary level / IGCSE, International GCSE / Advanced Level / IBDP examinations are considered international equivalent to the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examinations respectively and accepted by local Colleges and Universities.

Currently, there are two boards operating from Bangladesh for Ordinary and Advanced Level Examinations, which are Pearson Edexcel and Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Many privately licensed Madrasas take in homeless children and provide them with food, shelter and education, e.g., Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah in Sylhet.

[citation needed] The following table provides a statistical comparison of the "Qawmi" and "Alia" madrasah systems.

[66][67] As of 2020, approximately one-third of Rohingya children refugees were able to access primary education, primarily through temporary centers run by international organizations.

Although failing in the fourth subject will not be judged as a failure for the whole, doing good in it can contribute to gain additional grade points.

[citation needed] There are Non-Governmental Schools (NGO) and Non-Formal Education Centers (NFE) and many of these are funded by the government.

A large section of the country's national budget is set aside to help put these programs into action and to promote education and make it more accessible.

In the past, Bangladesh education was primarily a British modelled upper-class affair with all courses given in English and very little being done for the common people.

Universities and the existing system of academic curricula in Bangladesh are not still observed to be encouraging industry-oriented critical thinking and primarily utilizing rote-learning which encourages passivity under a corporatized model as well as the country has not implemented Outcome-based-Education (OBE) blended system yet, encompassing classroom and laboratory-based teachings with industry-oriented practical learnings for undergraduate and postgraduate engineering academic degrees.