Chinese submarine presence is also a new reality, particularly in areas surrounding the Malacca Straits. They were inherited from the former colonial rulers back when Pakistan was a part of India and a British colony. These incidents are more than just ordinary cases of forced conversion, they are a reflection of deeper issues rooted in economic, social and cultural status of the minority communities. International forums. As per the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics, there were 13,902 Qawmi madrasahs in Bangladesh in 2015, enrolling about 1.4 million students, predominantly males. Mirpur Khas, Sanghar, and Ghotki are some of the districts that have had the highest number of such incidents and all of them come under the province of Sindh. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS), equity data from household surveys, and projection/attainment data to 2050. Something that has been  continued to be a major sore point within the bilateral relations of India and Bangladesh! Data from the 2017 Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics show that dropout rates for girls are at a high 42 percent at the secondary school level; completion rates are low, with grade 10 rates bottoming at only 10 percent, and secondary level … The idea that anything with regards to religion is sacred and cannot be contested leads to the formation of dogmatic opinions. It was also the time when Beijing just began to project its military and economic power in its neighbourhood and beyond as the flamboyant 2008 Beijing Olympics concluded. Domestic Enforcement of right to education in Bangladesh & Separation of Power concerns. According to the second amendment in Pakistan’s constitution, the Ahmadis are considered as non-Muslims in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. The renewed Indo-US strategic cooperation, if not translated into offering a viable solution to the debt-trap conundrum, Sri Lanka might irreversibly evolve into another extension of Beijing’s legs in the Indian Ocean threatening the sovereignty of democracies in the region. This leads us to understand the issue from the lenses  of political ecology. There have been many instances where activists and journalists have received threats and backlash from religious extremists, some have even lost their lives. It is estimated that the availability of water for irrigation be reduced due  to the series of proposed dams since every hydropower project is estimated to absorb at least 5  per cent of the river’s running water. In the past, journalists, activists and human rights lawyers have actively taken up cases of forced conversion, religious violence and misgovernance. On 5thJune a journalist who had been criticising the government and the military was abducted in Lahore and detained without any proper warrant . The BRI, however, enhances Sri Lanka’s significance in what theorists call the String of Pearls, wherein Beijing attempts to encircle India by a series of ports and maritime installations under its control in the Indian Ocean such as the overseas military base in Djibouti, Gwadar in Pakistan, and the ports in Bay of Bengal under Chinese influence hosted by either Bangladesh or Myanmar. The Quad grouping, consisting of India, Japan, the United States and Australia, has demonstrated its collective military might in the maritime sphere of India with the recently concluded annual Malabar naval exercise. Still, the argument is cogent enough to deserve a glance of everyone, including the government officials. But the downside to this is that by saving the lives of others, the activists and lawyers have put their own lives at risk. Recent steps in the strategic realm are welcome, but the Indo-Pacific democracies, particularly India and the US, should cooperate with these two key island states more in the economic realm as well, if possible near to the extent of Beijing as a collective move. Thus, these are reasons enough to get India’s attention towards this issue. Sri Lanka and Maldives are strategically located in the northern section of the Indian Ocean, and have long been historically, culturally, and geopolitically under India’s sphere of influence. It also cues state parties to agree that their education policies shall be directed towards the aims and objectives identified in CRC.As to the questions put as to accessibility, it is submitted that Bangladesh opted to provide education to its primary and secondary level students via a state run television channel. The main reason behind this is to instil a psychological fear and ensure that the minority communities do not take legal recourse. Here, in the context of Teesta River dispute, something similar is happening. Availability of water for irrigation is a key issue, particularly for West Bengal, as highlighted  by local communities. In deciding if existing educational policies of Bangladesh are in compliance with its international obligations during the Covid-19 time, it should be kept in mind that the measures taken to address Covid-19 are temporary measures and they are not here to stay for eternity. ; UNESCO; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The sufferers are none but the environment itself whose  course is being decided by the humans and also, the humans – but only the ones that are  dependent upon the same environment for their livelihood opportunities. As far as the news goes, it states very clearly,“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said all educational institutions will remain closed till September if situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak does not improve.”. Though the  hydropower projects and dam constructions are also being carried by the Bangladesh government on its side of the river. The local  communities are the major stakeholders of the river water and it is them who are being majorly  effected but they have been kept away and everything has just boiled down to politics and the bilateral equations between the two states. He says “If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.”. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The inability of a country to tolerate divergent views is representative of its insecurity towards criticism and change. College and university > Gender parity index, Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP, www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm. ... Education and Training Industry 2020 - Bangladesh Market Research & Statistics. We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading. Most of the minority communities have been traditionally engaged in jobs associated with low income such as daily wage labour and any scope of upward economic mobility is limited. The universal consensus on climate change is the need of the hour. The matter is still over the table with an unresolved dispute. Therefore, it could be assumed that the obligations under that treaty are quite soft in comparison to countries which are signatory to that. Amar Guriro, a senior journalist states that many Hindu and Christian women convert due to their poor financial condition, and that Muslim men easily lure these women on the pretext of providing better financial and living conditions .