Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics

BANBEIS is the sole national authority for post-primary educational statistics in Bangladesh, operating as a department under the Secondary and Higher Education Division (SHED) of the Ministry of Education. It was created in 1977 on the recommendation of the Qudrat-e-Khuda Education Commission (1974 report). Its two wings are the Statistics Division and the Documentation, Library & Publication Division; an ICT division and Upazila-level UITRCE units were added subsequently. Director General: Md. Majibur Rahman (Additional Secretary rank) -- confirmed via banbeis.portal.gov.bd officer list; email [email protected]. head_since is null: no primary source gives his appointment date. Note on leadership: media reports from the EIIN suspension action (February 2026) reference the suspension letter as signed by 'Director Professor Md Golam Firoz', indicating Firoz held a Director-level post (distinct from Director General) at that date; Majibur Rahman is listed as Director General in the official portal officer list. staff_count is null: no publicly available sanctioned-post figure found in primary sources. annual_budget_bdt is null: BANBEIS budget is embedded within SHED/Ministry of Education and not separately published. The Bangladesh Education Statistics 2023 figures (secondary enrollment 8,166,188; higher-secondary dropout 21.51%; total post-primary 20,383,060) are from the BANBEIS draft/published report cited in Prothom Alo (English), Daily Sun, and Scribd. The EIIN suspension of 158 institutions (February 2026) is confirmed by BSS News, TBS News, and The Financial Express -- all citing BANBEIS as primary source. The 2,695 ghost-EIIN finding is from a Prothom Alo English investigation citing BANBEIS data. Verification based on 2+ independent primary sources for all factual claims. Activity evidence hold: removed 2 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.