The government is considering providing primary school students with uniforms and stationery in addition to textbooks.
Sources said that the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education might undertake this step in a bid to prevent students from dropping out of school.
If the project is finalised, in 2020, the students will receive uniforms and other necessities for free.
Primary and Mass Education Additional Secretary Md Gias Uddin Ahmed said: “A draft for a project has been prepared where the students will be provided with all the necessities—including copies, pens, and shoes—so that primary students do not drop out.
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“However, this is all in the planning phase. Nothing has been finalised yet,” he added.
In 2011, the primary education department started the mid-day meal in school where students are provided with a proper nutritious meal. A national guideline is being finalised to implement it throughout the country.
In 2010, the government started distributing books, for free, to primary school students in order to make education accessible to all. A total of 350 million textbooks have been distributed this year.
