Bangladesh achieves good success in female education: World Bank by bangladeshjournal.com

Girls’ enrolment in secondary school in Bangladesh jumped to 3.9 million in 2005, from 1.1 million in 1991, including an increasing number of girls from disadvantaged or remote areas.

“This has enabled Bangladesh to achieve one of its Millennium Development Goals ahead of time - gender parity in education,” said a World Bank (WB) press release.

The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Programme, financed by International Development Association (IDA), supported a government programme to improve access to secondary education for girls by providing tuition stipends. [Read more]