State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain has said 100 percent literacy rate will be achieved in the country by 2030, repeorts BSS.
"The literacy is being increasing rapidly because of the different programmes taken by the government which will be 100 percent by 2020," Md Zakir Hossain told a press briefing on Wednesday marking International Literacy Day at the Secretariat.
Md Zakir said the work of preparing the bureau's future action plan is ongoing with the firm determination of developing skilled human resources by providing basic education and skill development training to the underprivileged people through the non-formal education bureau.
The plan also include strengthening human resources structure of the bureau, building organizational capacity of the bureau and, adopting and implementing regular operational activities based on the capacity.
The state minister, citing the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), said the literacy rate in the country now stands at 75.6per cent while 24.4 percent people of the country are still illiterate.
The expected development in the country is not possible without making 24.4 per cent people literate, he added.
He also said the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education is implementing the Fourth Primary Education Development Program (PEDP-4) to ensure quality and up-to-date education for all children.
Primary and Mass Education (PME) Senior Secretary Md Aminul Islam Khan and Director General (additional in charge) of primary education Mohibur Rahman, among others, were also present at the press conference.
