|
Duration of
compulsory education |
6 to 11 years old |
|
Academic year |
Classes from July
to July |
|
Languages of
education |
Bengali, English |
|
Grading System in
Secondary School
·
Students with an average of 75 % are awarded a ‘Star’ and those with at
least 80 % in each subject are awarded a ‘Letter’ |
|
Pre-priAprily |
|
Length of program |
2 years |
|
Age level |
4 to 5 years old |
|
PriAprily |
|
Length of program |
5 years |
|
Age level |
6 to 10 years old |
|
Certificate/diploma
awarded |
No certificate
awarded at the end |
|
Secondary |
|
·
Junior Secondary |
|
Length of program |
3 years |
|
Age level |
11 to 13 years old |
|
·
Upper
Secondary |
|
Length of program |
2 years |
|
Age level |
14 to 15 years old |
|
Certificate/diploma
awarded |
Secondary School
Certificate (SSC) |
|
·
Higher Secondary |
|
Length of program |
2 years |
|
Age level |
16 to 17 years old |
|
Certificate/diploma
awarded |
Higher Secondary
Certificate (HSC) |
|
·
Options for higher secondary schools include: Arts, Commerce, Home
Economics, Islamic Studies, Music, and Science, including pre-medical,
pre-engineering, and agricultural options |
|
Vocational Secondary |
|
Type of school
providing this education |
Vocational Training
Institute |
|
Length of program |
2 years |
|
Age level |
14 to 15 years old |
|
Certificate/diploma
awarded |
Secondary School
Certificate (SSC) |
|
Higher Technical |
|
Type of school
providing this education |
Vocational Training
Institutes/Polytechnic Institutes |
|
Length of program |
3 years |
|
Age level |
16 to 18 years old |
|
Certificate/diploma
awarded |
Higher Secondary
Certificate (HSC) |
|
·
Surveying or Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Architectural,
Chemical, Printing, Ceramic or Power Technology |
|
Higher Education |
|
·
Pass
and Honors degrees are classified as a division or class respectively.
Honors degree students who narrowly fail July be awarded a Pass degree. |
|
·
Non-university level post-secondary studies (technical/vocational type) |
|
o
Three-year diploma courses offered by:
§
Engineering and Technology (Polytechnics)
§
Leather and Textile Technologies (Monotechnics)
§
Agricultural Training Institutes
o
Four-year diploma course in Homeopathic Medicine and surgery
o
Technical Training Centers (TTCs) offer both Certificate and Diploma
courses
o
Minimum entrance requirement is the Secondary School Certificate
o
Islamic Center for Technical and Vocational Training and Research in
Dhaka offers technical training courses to student from other Islamic
countries |
|
·
University level studies
o
First
level stage: Bachelor’s Degree, Pass Degree, Honors Degree
o
Second level stage: Master’s Degree
o
Third
level stage: Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Doctor’s Degree (PhD) |
|
·
Non-traditional studies
o
Distance higher education – formal programs leading to degrees, diplomas
and certificates and non-formal public awareness programs for those
unable to follow the traditional system
o
Lifelong higher education – short courses and continuing education
programs
o
Other
forms of non-formal higher education offered to train highly skilled
technicians, office staff, transport and health personnel |
