DHAKA: The government has allocated Tk. 87,620 crore for madrasa education in FY 2019-20, which is 3.04 percent of GDP and 16.75 percent of total budget allocations.

The government has taken numerous steps for the development and modernization of madrasa education. Infrastructures of Madrasas will be developed and multimedia will be set up in classrooms.

Free text books are being distributed at Dakhil and Ebtedaayee levels to remove discrimination in education.

A total of 1,800 new madrasas are being established in the country. 

BDST: 1730 HRS, JUNE 13, 2019

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