Despite high primary school enrolment in Bangladesh, systemic institutional failures are driving a severe learning poverty crisis.

Unless education reform is placed centre stage, within a decade, Bangladesh will be locked in with a woefully undereducated workforce for years to come.

Across the country, countless families have been ruined while trying to pay medical bills.

Bangladesh, by default, has designed inequality in education through its multiple streams.

Arguably, the most consequential failure of political leadership in independent Bangladesh has been in the field of education.

For a country that aspires to middle-income status, the lesson of 2025 is stark

One year into its tenure, the interim government is struggling to bring stability to the country’s educational institutions, beset by campus unrest and disruptions to academic activities.

Two recent studies under government auspices have confirmed the warnings given by Education Watch.