Bangladesh, Jan. 21 -- The Department of Primary Education has taken on a large-scale project in the name of improving primary education, which is considered a waste of huge sums of money.
According to a newspaper report, preparations are underway to adopt a huge project worth Tk 45,000 crore called 'PEDP-5' to improve the quality of primary education in the country.
But analyzing past experience and the results of recent surveys, there is ample room to call this project a luxury one, rather than an educational development.
However, the reality is that despite spending about Tk 33,000 crore through PEDP-3 and 4, the learning deficit of students has not decreased.
In fact, there has been no significant progress in terms of learning.
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