Abstract

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ensures the right to education under Article 17. From the liberation war of 1971 till 2020, the country has been developed its primary education system. Besides, there is no unitary idea or meaning of primary education in Bangladesh. To protect the nation from the diversity of primary education, the National Education Policy 2010 has set some common goals and primary education objectives. But the attempt of enacting education law is not completed even today. As a result, many activities in implementing education policy are being hampered. In the absence of a specific legal mechanism in the same arena, the ‘National Education policy’ has not been appropriately implemented. The research endeavors to discuss present education policy, the unitary concept of education, and the importance of adopting specific rules and regulations within the Education Act. The research also aims to analyze the unitary idea of primary education and the extent to which Bangladesh needs a specific legal mechanism to ensure unitary primary education. The scope of this research is restricted to the study of state practice of Bangladesh.

Highlights

  • Education plays an essential role in the development of any nation and is a fundamental human right

  • After the independence of Bangladesh, 1972, the country started to invent unique strategies to create a universal idea of primary education, which was nod down in 1975 due to political instability

  • On the 1st January of 1993, universal primary education becomes mandatory over the country, and a goal was determined to reach by 2000

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Introduction

Education plays an essential role in the development of any nation and is a fundamental human right. The Constitution of Bangladesh recognizes this fundamental right. In any country, various laws and regulations are added for the proper implementation of Education and other fundamental rights. The secret reason for the development of a nation is Education, and universal primary education is crucial for every developing country such as Bangladesh (Chowdhury et al, 1999). The issue of universal Education is being discussed quite vigorously. Education is the acquisition of knowledge or skills. The process of gaining systematic knowledge is called Education. The English word 'Education' derives from the Latin word 'Educare' or 'Educatum.' According to the International Dictionary of Education, Primary education as those of study during which no differentiation is introduced either in the form of optional subjects or in the streaming of pupils towards differentness of institutions or Education (Amin and Chandrasekhar, 2009)

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