National Consultation on Education Budget: Trends & Expectations

CAMPE and Education Watch jointly organized a National Consultation on “Education Budget: Trends & Expectations” focusing on Education and Human Resource Development on Thursday, 23 June 2022 at the Hotel Six Sessions, Dhaka to emphasize the need to increase budget allocation as well as its proper and judicious utilization for ensuring access, equity and quality of education particularly focusing on COVID – 19 and flood-related recovery and response plans. The UNICEF Bangladesh office has provided technical and financial support for the event.

Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, M.P, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Aroma Dutta MP, Member, Committee on Government Assurances, Bangladesh Parliament, and Aminul Islam Khan, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education were present as the Special Guests.

Deepa Sankar, Chief of Education, UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office attended the consultation as a Guest of Honor.

The Session was Chaired and moderated by Rasheda K. Choudhury, Executive Director of CAMPE and Former Adviser to the Caretaker Government.

The major objective of the session was to listen to the grassroots voices and experts’ reflections on increasing budget allocation as well as its proper and judicious utilization to ensure access, equity, and quality of education particularly focusing on COVID–19 related recovery and response plans as raised by the learners from different disadvantaged groups, representatives from civil society organizations, teachers, students, guardians and researchers who joined the meeting.

A total of about 100 + participants including concerned government officials, Education Watch, CAMPE Council, INGOs, development partners, and journalists actively participated in the consultation.

Dr. Mostafizur Rahaman, Program Manager, CAMPE as the Key Note Presenter shared a brief analysis of the trends & expectations in allocation and lessons from our budget for education.