Year
2026
Reform Domain
Manifesto Watch
Education
Sub Domain
Education and Human Resource Development
Source of Reform Proposals
Election Manifesto of Bangladesh Nationalist Party - BNP
Reform Proposed
Reform Initiated
Legal and Policy Framework
Operationalisation
Action Implementation
Stage of Implementation
Reform Proposed
Last Update: 10-Sep-26
This pledge is included in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s election manifesto for Bangladesh’s 13th national election. The pledge commits that “a separate education channel will be launched on national television to improve and expand educational quality.”
Reform Initiated
Last Update: 10-Sep-26
On 6 August 2026, the Prime Minister’s Office sent the Education Ministry the Record of Notes and meeting minutes containing the Prime Minister’s directive to examine the feasibility of establishing a dedicated National Education Channel so that students across the country could access classes from high-quality teachers. On 20 August, DSHE approved a time-bound work plan and subsequently reported that a draft action plan had been finalised to launch the channel using Sangsad TV’s technology.
Observation
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The government has begun formal preparations for a dedicated National Education Channel, with DSHE preparing a draft action plan that envisages using Sangsad TV’s technology. This provides greater clarity on the possible delivery mechanism than was previously available. However, the final institutional arrangement, budget, operational model and launch timeline have not yet been publicly established.
Bangladesh had previously implemented television-based education initiatives, including “Amar Ghore Amar School” and “Ghore Bose Shikhi”. These temporary distance-learning arrangements implemented during the COVID-19 period may provide relevant institutional experience for the proposed channel.
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