The UK will provide £230 million to Bangladesh to improve the quality
of primary education and health sector over the period of next five
years.
The fund will aid the government's Third Primary Education Development Programme to improve the quality of education of 16.5 million children, recruit and train 35,000 new teachers, and construct 30,000 new classrooms, .
This was announced on Sunday by visiting UK's secretary of state for international development Andrew Mitchell, said a media statement from the British High Commission in Dhaka.
Mitchell came to Dhaka on Saturday on a four-day trip. This is his first visit to Bangladesh.
Financial aid up to £120 million will be provided over five years (2011/12 to 2016/17) to help the government implement its third primary education programme.
It will also extend up to £110million support to government's new National Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Programme.
The UK is providing an additional £7 million to the United Nations agencies' efforts to improve maternal and neonatal health.
Joining 10 other donors to assist the primary education programme, the UK will help Bangladesh achieve universal primary education and gender equality by supporting an inclusive education system for children from pre-primary through primary level.
Mitchell re-affirmed Britain's support to the health sector programme in Bangladesh, which will help over six million women to give birth safely and 2.4 million pregnant women access antenatal care, and immunisation to over 16 million children in the country.
The British government, through the Department for International Development (DFID), is the largest bilateral grant donor to Bangladesh and has recently significantly scaled up the level of support for the country for the next three years.
Speaking after a meeting with finance minister AMA Muhith, Mitchell said: "Bangladesh is making some remarkable progress on the Millennium Development Goals."
"Enrolment in primary education has reached 96 per cent and gender parity has been achieved. These are fantastic results."
He, however, said learning efficiency, quality and achievement in schools remain low as only 60 per cent of the children who enrol complete primary education.
The British minister stressed that Britain's support to the education and health sector programmes will be linked to robust results, transparency and value for money.
Over the last five years, the UK has already helped over 460,000 children complete pre-primary education, and 475,000 out of school children to complete primary education.
The fund will aid the government's Third Primary Education Development Programme to improve the quality of education of 16.5 million children, recruit and train 35,000 new teachers, and construct 30,000 new classrooms, .
This was announced on Sunday by visiting UK's secretary of state for international development Andrew Mitchell, said a media statement from the British High Commission in Dhaka.
Mitchell came to Dhaka on Saturday on a four-day trip. This is his first visit to Bangladesh.
Financial aid up to £120 million will be provided over five years (2011/12 to 2016/17) to help the government implement its third primary education programme.
It will also extend up to £110million support to government's new National Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Programme.
The UK is providing an additional £7 million to the United Nations agencies' efforts to improve maternal and neonatal health.
Joining 10 other donors to assist the primary education programme, the UK will help Bangladesh achieve universal primary education and gender equality by supporting an inclusive education system for children from pre-primary through primary level.
Mitchell re-affirmed Britain's support to the health sector programme in Bangladesh, which will help over six million women to give birth safely and 2.4 million pregnant women access antenatal care, and immunisation to over 16 million children in the country.
The British government, through the Department for International Development (DFID), is the largest bilateral grant donor to Bangladesh and has recently significantly scaled up the level of support for the country for the next three years.
Speaking after a meeting with finance minister AMA Muhith, Mitchell said: "Bangladesh is making some remarkable progress on the Millennium Development Goals."
"Enrolment in primary education has reached 96 per cent and gender parity has been achieved. These are fantastic results."
He, however, said learning efficiency, quality and achievement in schools remain low as only 60 per cent of the children who enrol complete primary education.
The British minister stressed that Britain's support to the education and health sector programmes will be linked to robust results, transparency and value for money.
Over the last five years, the UK has already helped over 460,000 children complete pre-primary education, and 475,000 out of school children to complete primary education.
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