The Commonwealth is going to undertake a new agenda for developing the education for female child and woman.
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma made the statement while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her hotel suite in New York on Wednesday afternoon.
Prime Minister's Press Secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury briefed reporters after the meeting, reports BSS.
He said Kamalesh Sharma apprised the Prime Minister of the policy and programmes of the Commonwelath.
The Commonwealth secretary general also informed Sheikh Hasina about tomorrow's CHOGM meeting at the UN headquarters.
Highlighting government's steps for the development of education, the Prime Minister said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman nationalized country's primary education and the services of the teachers soon after the independence. She said the government has made girl's education free up to higher secondary level.
It may be mentioned that the Commonwealth Secretary General will visit Bangladesh in December next.
Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali, PM's Principal Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar and PMO Secretary Abul Kalam Azad were present.