Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- Around 7.0 per cent of families in Bangladesh have to borrow to send their children to school, according to a new UNESCO report.

The UNESCO 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report was presented at the RewirEd Forum in Dubai recently.

In Bangladesh, the share of urban households paying for private tuition increased from 48 per cent in 2000 to 67 per cent in 2010 while the corresponding share of rural households doubled from 27 per cent to 54 per cent; for the poorest quartile it quadrupled from 10 per cent to 40 per cent, reports UNB.

Overall, the average expenditure increased by 80 per cent in real terms, according to the report.

It shows that globally one in six families saves to pay school fees, while 8 per cent ...