Primary education and its impact on literacy rate: A division wise comparative study of Bangladesh

Sujan Chandra Paul, Md Arif Hosen, Jyotirmay Biswas and Shahadat Hossain
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Sujan Chandra Paul: University of Barishal
Md Arif Hosen: University of Barishal
Jyotirmay Biswas: University of Barishal
Shahadat Hossain: University of Barishal

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 2021, vol. 10, issue 4, 391-405

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of a number of educational institutions and students per teacher on the literacy rate. Data of 489 Upazilasrelating to the dependent (literacy rate) and independent variables (no. of educational institutions and students per teacher of different types of primary and equivalent educational institutions) of 8 Divisions were collected from District Statistics 2011 of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method is used in this study. This research found that a number of government primary schools had a significant positive relationship with the literacy rate in Barishal, Chittagong, Khulna, and Mymensingh Divisions. Key Words:Literacy rate, number, primary schools, students per teacher

Date: 2021
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