Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said nearly 1.17 crore students at primary, secondary and higher education levels are getting stipend every year.
“The government is costing approximately Taka 1900 crore each year to provide stipend facilities to 1.17 crore students,” he said this on Thursday while speaking at a function of stipend distribution among degree level students in the auditorium of International Mother Language Institute (IMLI) here.
Education Secretary Md Sohrab Hossain and Director General of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Prof Fahima Khatun, among others, addressed the function with Managing Director of Prime Minister’s Education Assistance Trust Fund Md Nurul Amin in the chair.
Nahid said in the fiscal year of 2014-2015, a total of 2, 09,316 students at degree and
equivalent levels have been selected for stipends with Taka 1,14,03,55,920 under Prime
Minister’s Education Assistance Trust Fund.
Of the total, 1,70,443 are female students and 38,873 are male students, he added.
Under the education assistant trust fund, in the fiscal year 2012-2013, as many as 1,29,810 fame students were given stipend with Taka 72.95 crore aiming to promote female education in the country, Nahid added.
He said, “A significant change has been brought in expansion of female education in the
country as the government has made various facilities including financial assistances to boost female education.” Now both male and female students are equally advancing in the education sector, he also added.
