Executive finding
Pre-primary enrolment is 36.38% gross, roughly half the peer median of 74 and the lowest of the four Asian economies reporting. Bangladesh clears the primary school gate above the peer median and falls behind on both sides of it.
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BDPolicyLab Research. (2026). School Starts Too Late: The Missing Year Before Grade One. Bangladesh Policy Laboratory. https://bdpolicylab.com/publications/school-starts-too-late-the-missing-year-before-grade-one
Method and source
Consult the references and methods in this publication for sources, observation periods and limitations. The publication date is not the observation date of its underlying data.