Sayeed Muhammad: In yet another helping emasure, the World Bank (WB) will provide $520 million as loans and grants for a programme to improve the secondary education system and student performance in Bangladesh.
Of the amount, the Washington-based lending agency will provide $510 million in loan while the rest as grants, said an official at the Economic Relations Division (ERD), reports BSS. The WB-funded ‘Transforming Secondary Education for Results’ (TSER) programme will benefit 13 million students from grade six to 12.