Rationality

This paper attempted to draw the picture of the situation of primary

education in Bangladesh. The educational background of Bangladesh
has been selected from separation of Indian subcontinent i.e., 1947,
particularly the primary education system of independent Pakistan.
Which appearance in modern time of primary education is reflected to
us, it was imported at the linkage time of British civilization. At
various level of education, it is divided part by part. The British rule is
responsible being established such a structure of education the British
got the idea of their primary education from the noted revolution of
Europe “Ecole Unique”. A portion of the they imported to establish
and administrative structure here. Not to fulfill the expectation of the
People (Chiph from a Geman Workship; p.i434). After the British
there was continuing a conventional education in our country, though
several attempts were made to restructure the education system of
Bangladesh in general and primary education in particular. The
present scenario of primary education is not up to our expectation. If
it comes to ensuring quality basic education for all at primary level,
we are still lagging behind. Here I would like to focus on some
specific issues which need to be addressed by the government
immediately if we really want to make quality primary education
accessible to all and ensure retention of children at schools across the
country. Discriminatory education system at primary level: The
existing system creates discrimination among the students reading at
primary schools although ensuring uniform primary education is our
constitutional pledge. Article 17 of our constitution clearly declares
that the state should ensure “uniform, mass-oriented and universal”
system of education. But have we been able to ensure uniform
education for all? We all know that we have various types of
education at primary level such as Bangla medium, English version,
English medium, kindergarten, and Madrasa, and there is no
uniformity among the existing systems. Students who read in Bangla
medium school get such education which hardly matches education
students get from Madrasa. Even the curriculum of English version at
primary level is different from that of Kindergarten or Bangla
medium. Since English medium education follows international
curriculum like Edexcel or Cambridge, it has nothing to do with the
national curriculum. But a few books on Bangla Language, History
and Culture should be included in the English medium curriculum for
junior section. It seems that the whole system is very confusing, and
students reading in primary schools do not get uniform and culture-
specific education which will help develop their human quality,
mental faculty and intellectual skill. Rather, this education makes
them alienated and frustrated. In the study, there are significant
rationalities.