The government has set a target to gradually increase investment in the education sector to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP), in what it described as one of the most ambitious education plans in the country’s history.
Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury unveiled the proposed national budget for the 2026–27 fiscal year in parliament on Thursday.
The proposed budget, the first under the current government, has an outlay of Tk938,000 crore.