Education Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said the pass rate of female students in secondary and higher secondary levels more than doubled in the past 28 years.
“In 1990, 30 per cent female students passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations while 31 per cent Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations. But in 2019, the pass rate of female students was over 83 per cent and 75 per cent in SSC and HSC respectively,” said Dipu Moni.
The minister gave the information while speaking at a press briefing held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium marking International Women’s Day.
According to the report of Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics (BANBEIS)-2019, the number of female students in secondary level in 2020 was 55 .07 per cent while 50.27 per cent in Higher Secondary and 35.21 per cent in university level.
Besides, the number of female students was the Madrasha level is 55.25 per cent in 2020, according to BANBEIS, she said.
“Some 75 per cent female students in Honours and its equivalent level got scholarships from PM’s Education Assistant Trust while in the 2012-2013 and 2020-2021 academic year, the government has distributed Tk 476,21,77,700 among 9,71,873 female students from the trust,” she said.
Bangladesh is now a role model in the development of women in the global arena and the government has taken so many multipurpose initiatives to continue the progress of the development during Covid-19, she added.
The government has allocated USD 1,460 to keep the economy going and tackle the outbreak through 28 stimulus packages and it also distributed 4,000 sewing machines and Tk 4.0 million to destitute women in 64 districts on the occasion of the 91st birth anniversary of Bangamata Begum Fazilatunessa Mujib, Dipu Moni said.
