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School enrollment of 6-10 yrs old rises to 84.75pc: Survey
School enrollment of 6-10 yrs old rises to 84.75pc: Survey
The school enrollment rate of children aged 6-10 years for both sexes at the national level increased slightly to 84.75 per cent in 2010 compared to 80.38 per cent in 2005, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2010.
The HIES revealed that the school enrolment rate for the girls was higher at 86.99 per cent compared to 82.61 per cent for the boys, reports UNB.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the survey from February 2010 to January 2011, and completed preliminary analysis of the data in four months.
School enrollment is higher in urban areas as compared to rural areas with the rate for both sexes at 87.88 per cent in urban areas and 83.79 per cent in rural areas.
The HIES 2010 showed that the school enrollment of children aged 11-15 years increased to 77.82 per cent in 2010 from 69.96 per cent in 2005 with the increase almost same in both urban and rural areas.
The school drop out rate is higher for boys than that of the girls. The enrollment rate for boys of 6-10 years age group was 82.61 per cent but it fell to 72.41 per cent in 2010 for 11-15 years age group, showing a drop of 10.20 per cent.
But, in case of girls such drop out rate is only 3.32 per cent. Another interesting feature for girls is that the rate of enrollment of girls was marginally higher in rural areas (83.77 per cent) than in urban areas (83.37 per cent).
If classified by poor and non-poor households on school enrollment of children aged 6-10 years, it is found that enrollment of children from non-poor households is comparatively high than that from poor households.
At the national level, school enrollment of children from poor households stands at 78.33 per cent for both sexes, 74.19 per cent for males and 82.58 per cent for females.
On the other hand, for the non-poor households such rates were 88.99 per cent, 88.10 per cent and 89.93 per cent respectively.
HIES 2010 findings reveal that school enrollment from poor households was the highest in Barisal Division with 88.06 per cent, followed by 87.29 per cent in Khulna Division and 81.69 per cent in Rajshahi Division (new).
School enrollment of 6-10 yrs old rises to 84.75pc: Survey
The school enrollment rate of children aged 6-10 years for both sexes at the national level increased slightly to 84.75 per cent in 2010 compared to 80.38 per cent in 2005, according to the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2010.
The HIES revealed that the school enrolment rate for the girls was higher at 86.99 per cent compared to 82.61 per cent for the boys, reports UNB.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) conducted the survey from February 2010 to January 2011, and completed preliminary analysis of the data in four months.
School enrollment is higher in urban areas as compared to rural areas with the rate for both sexes at 87.88 per cent in urban areas and 83.79 per cent in rural areas.
The HIES 2010 showed that the school enrollment of children aged 11-15 years increased to 77.82 per cent in 2010 from 69.96 per cent in 2005 with the increase almost same in both urban and rural areas.
The school drop out rate is higher for boys than that of the girls. The enrollment rate for boys of 6-10 years age group was 82.61 per cent but it fell to 72.41 per cent in 2010 for 11-15 years age group, showing a drop of 10.20 per cent.
But, in case of girls such drop out rate is only 3.32 per cent. Another interesting feature for girls is that the rate of enrollment of girls was marginally higher in rural areas (83.77 per cent) than in urban areas (83.37 per cent).
If classified by poor and non-poor households on school enrollment of children aged 6-10 years, it is found that enrollment of children from non-poor households is comparatively high than that from poor households.
At the national level, school enrollment of children from poor households stands at 78.33 per cent for both sexes, 74.19 per cent for males and 82.58 per cent for females.
On the other hand, for the non-poor households such rates were 88.99 per cent, 88.10 per cent and 89.93 per cent respectively.
HIES 2010 findings reveal that school enrollment from poor households was the highest in Barisal Division with 88.06 per cent, followed by 87.29 per cent in Khulna Division and 81.69 per cent in Rajshahi Division (new).
