Dhaka, June 3 -- The government has proposed to allocate only 1.53 per cent of the GDP to the education sector in the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26), continuing a long-standing trend of underinvestment in education despite reiterating its commitment to ensuring quality education, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, while presenting the national budget via a pre-recorded televised speech, announced a proposed allocation of Tk95,644 crore for the education sector. The amount marks a 13.44 per cent increase from the Tk84,311 crore in the revised budget for FY25.

However, as a share of GDP, the allocation remains nearly stagnant rising only marginally from 1.52 per cent in FY25 to 1.53 per cent in FY26. This figure falls significantly sho...