More students opted for religious education, less for general in 2023
In continuing the trend, the percentage of students opting for religious education increased from 6.57% to 7.29% in 2023.
On the other hand, a decrease was observed for general education – the most popular field – from 91.93% to 91.02%.
The percentage in technical education also improved from 1.10% to 1.22%.
The information was revealed by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in its Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2023 report released on Sunday.
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The increase in religious education has been on an upward trend since the BBS began making the data available in 2021.
In 2021, 4.98% of students were from a religious education background.
In 2023, 59.28% of the population were students (5-24 years old), with most enrolled in government educational institutions (46.86%).
A total of 88.40% of students were enrolled in Bangla Medium, with 0.69% in English Medium.
The adult literacy rate in 2023 stood at 75.6, up from 74.7 in 2019.
In both rural and urban areas, more men are educated than women.
