Dhaka: The World Bank approved $700 million on Friday to improve the primary education in Bangladesh.
The Quality Learning for All Programme (QLEAP) will benefit more than 18 million children studying in pre-primary level to grade 5. It will finance implementation of the government’s Fourth Primary Education Development Programme, the Washington-based lender said in a statement.
The project will help improve quality and equitable access to primary education. It will help assess and improve learning outcomes for Bangla and mathematics for Grade 3 students.
“At birth in 1971, Bangladesh had a very low education base. From there, the country has made remarkable progress in improving access to education. Today almost every child steps into a classroom and 8 out of 10 children complete primary education,” said Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
The project will bring about one million out-of-school children to learning centres that would follow national curriculum and thus help them integrate with the formal education system.