Impact of Pre-primary Education on Children in Bangladesh: A Study on Government Primary Schools in Sylhet City

Sabina Yasmin^1, and Mahbuba Akthar Rumi²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

²MSS student, Department of Public Administration, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Cite this paper:
Sabina Yasmin and Mahbuba Akthar Rumi. Impact of Pre-primary Education on Children in Bangladesh: A Study on Government Primary Schools in Sylhet City. American Journal of Educational Research. 2020; 8(5):251-258. doi: 10.12691/education-8-5-4

Abstract

Pre-primary education is one of the most important and basic stages of education. The study focuses on the impact of pre-primary education on children to ensure quality education, as part of the fulfillment of the commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030. This study has been conducted based on a social survey (n=60) in Bangladesh's Sylhet city by using explanatory and descriptive research methods. Results delineated that majority of the respondents consider that pre-primary education is important for children’s early age learning to compete in this changing world and ensure better communication for young children. But they also argued that in government schools, there is a lack of infrastructural facilities, funds, number of teachers, and teaching materials in proportion to students to provide lessons properly. So, the government and concerned authority should reduce problems and increase facilities for a good teaching environment at the pre-primary level.

Keywords:
pre-primary education children impact infrastructural facilities learning environment

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