The functional literacy rate (7+above years) in the country is now 62.92 percent whereas the general literacy rate in the country is 74.23 percent.
The functional literacy rate among people aged between 11-45 years in the country is however, 73.69 percent in 2023 which was 53.70 percent in 2011.
Such functional literacy rate among the population aged between 7-14 years is now 72.97 percent which is, however, 60.77 percent among population aged 15 years and above.
These were revealed at a report publishing ceremony of “Literacy Assessment Survey (LAS) to Monitor Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Project” held at the auditorium of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) today.
The BBS earlier conducted such survey in 2008 on pilot basis and then again on a wider scale in 2011. This was the 3rd time the BBS conducted such LAS.বিস্তারিত