Forty percent of the seats would be reserved for locals at both public and private schools in the country, said Education Ministry officials.
The declaration came after the concerned officials reached a consensus over the proposal for reserving 40% seats for locals in government primary schools yesterday.
Joint Secretary of the ministry Ruhi Rahman said they would meet today to decide about private schools.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently ordered authorities to ensure admission of children to grade one in schools in their localities.
Rahman said: “We agreed to this decision [area-based quota] but it will be finalised after holding meeting with officials concerned.”
However, they are yet to decide on ways to identify locals, ministry officials said.