Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

Child Equity Atlas
Table 3.4: Proportion of out of school
children (6-10 years): Best and worst districts,
Bangladesh 2011
Srl.
Best districts
Worst districts
District % District %
1. Jhalokati 14.9 Bandarban 31.6
2. Barguna 16.6 Sunamganj 30.1
3. Pirojpur 16.8 Bhola 29.0
4. Feni 17.2 Netrakona 28.9
5. Jessore 17.6 Cox’s Bazar 28.5
Bangladesh: 23.0%
3.8 School Attendance at Secondary
3.8.1 In 2011, net school attendance rate (NAR)
and school attendance rate (AR) at secondary level
were 54.3 and 76.0 per cent, respectively, in the
country. The NARs of females and males are 59.3
and 49.7 per cent, respectively, while NARs are
80.2 and 72.2 per cent, respectively, significantly
higher for females than males. This again reaffirms
the fact of faster improvement in girls’ education
compared to that of the boys’ in Bangladesh.
3.8.2 Divisional level data shows that NAR of
female at secondary level is highest in Khulna at
67.9 per cent and lowest in Sylhet divisions at 46.7
per cent (Figure 3.9). Spatially, NAR of female at
secondary level is better in the western part of the
country. District and upazila-wise distributions of
NAR at secondary level are presented in Maps 3.12
and 3.13.
Figure 3.9: Female net attendance rate
(NAR) at secondary school by administrative
divisions, Bangladesh 2011
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
64.1
Barisal
56.8
67.9 64.5
56.8
Dhaka
Khulna
Rajshahi
63.9
Rangpur
46.7
Sylhet
59.3
Total
Photo : Ibrahim Khan Moni
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