During the 2000s, Bangladesh observedrapid growth in female labor force participation (LFP),potentially reflecting increased employability of females asfemale education attainment catches up with their malecounterparts. However, only a small share of the labor forcecomprises of skilled female workers; the reality is thatmost women are still unable to complete the level ofsecondary and post-secondary education necessary to obtaindecent work and actualize improved livelihood outcomes. As aresult, even though Bangladesh has observed gender parity inenrolment in early grades, the lack of improvements insecondary school completion continues to inhibitopportunities for improved labor market outcomes for themajority of the country's female population. Thisreport aims to take stock of the education outcomes realizedby Bangladeshi children and youth, particularly females, andanalyze the extent to which public investments in femaleeducation have succeeded in actualizing the desiredmedium-to-long term outcomes and results of saidinvestments. The remainder of the report is organized asfollows: Chapter 2 describes current policies and identifiesgaps in policy formulation in the view of ever changingenvironment; Chapter 3 analyzes the current state ofeducation, focusing on gender-centric accomplishments andexisting drawbacks to universal enrolment and gradecompletion; Chapter 4 explores the various roles thateconomic, social and institutional factors play inexplaining current gender-centric trends in education uptakeand actualizing the benefit of gender parity; and Chapter 5concludes this report and highlights the key findings andrelated policy recommendations.
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