Disparity in Primary education of Bangladesh and Its Adverse Impact: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Education

Abstract

Bangladesh is a large populated country in a very small area. The natural rescores is insufficient for this population. In our country 85% people live in rural area. That's why more than 85% children live in rural area. The facilities of Primary Eduction in rural area are lower than urban. The rural people are less conscious than the people of urban. Beside this, Bangladesh wants to achieve Millennium Development Goal. To ensure primary education for all children and to remove poverty, it needs to find the lacking of primary education system because it is the foundation of all educations. The aim of the proposed study is to explore the disparity of primary education between rural and urban area and its adverse impact in Bangladesh. We have seen various disparities in primary education from the history of Bengal. These disparities were between higher and lower class, Hindu and Muslim. The Pakistani rulers have made clear disparity in education sector between East and West Pakistan. At that time the education of Bengal also neglected. Bangladesh has tried her best to improve the education but still now there are some disparities in primary education between urban and rural area. We have find that the primary students of urban area are more skilled, punctual and their school attendance also higher than the students of rural area. The beneficiaries of urban primary education are more aware in socio-political and legal issues than that of rural. Not only this, the former students of Urban Primary Education are doing better in economic changes on livelihood than that of Rural Primary Education. The main findings of the study are the disparities of those education by the name; nutrition, schooling and knowledge. The adverse impacts of those disparities are parent's education, awareness and economic condition. The disparity and adverse impact are rolling circularly. To stop this circle, necessary steps will be implemented.