Dhaka, July 20 -- The sharp decline in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examination pass rates, with a combined success rate of only 68.45 per cent - the lowest in 16 years - has laid bare a structural crisis in Bangladesh's education system.
Mathematics and English, which recorded the highest failure rates, have once again exposed the chronic shortage of qualified subject-based teachers, particularly in rural and disadvantaged areas.
Education experts have long warned that a lack of skilled teachers, coupled with inadequate professional training, is at the heart of students' persistent struggles in these two subjects.
According to official statistics, fewer than 16 per cent of English teachers and just 13 pe...