Abstract
This study investigates the impact of a number of educational institutions and students per teacher on the literacy rate. Data of 489 Upazilasrelating to the dependent (literacy rate) and independent variables (no. of educational institutions and students per teacher of different types of primary and equivalent educational institutions) of 8 Divisions were collected from District Statistics 2011 of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method is used in this study. This research found that a number of government primary schools had a significant positive relationship with the literacy rate in Barishal, Chittagong, Khulna, and Mymensingh Divisions.
Highlights
Literacy refers to the ability to read and write at a level by which an individual can efficaciously understand and adapt with written communication in all media, including digital literacy
From the study of 41 Upazilas in Barisal Division, it is found that there is a positive relationship between literacy rate and number of government primary schools, kindergarten schools and ebtedayee madrasah
From the study of 101 Upazilas in Chittagong Division, it is found that there is a positive relationship between literacy rate and number of government primary schools, kindergarten schools and ebtedayee madrasah and a negative relationship between literacy rate and number of registered primary schools, private primary schools and NGO schools
Summary
Literacy refers to the ability to read and write at a level by which an individual can efficaciously understand and adapt with written communication in all media (print or electronic), including digital literacy. Effective literacy skill paves the way of more educational and employment opportunities which enable people to pull themselves out of poverty and chronic underemployment. Burchi (2006) looked at the relationship between education, human growth, and food security across countries. This study attempts to show the effect of number of educational institutions on literacy rate. It explores the relationship between students per teacher and literacy rate. Section two reviews prior literature related to impact of educational institutions and students per teacher on literacy rate. Section four presents’ findings and discussion, section five present recommendations and implications, section six discusses the limitations of the study and section seven concludes the paper
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