Evidence through 4 September 2026. A public-interest reference, not a live emergency service.

Access, learning, language, and retention

Education and languages

Education evidence should connect enrolment to attendance, travel, safety, teaching capacity, language of instruction, learning, retention, disability inclusion, and family costs.

Research cutoff: 4 September 2026. Generated visuals are editorial context, not evidence.

A worn classroom table with blank exercise books, pencils, counting pieces, an audio player, and students’ hands learningEditorial image · generated, not documentary evidence
Learning depends on the relationship among students, teachers, language, materials, and travel.

explanation

A school becomes access only through a complete chain

Separate facility, teacher deployment, attendance, completion, language access, and learning outcomes.

  1. Presence

    Which level, grade, hostel, transport route, WASH facility, and learning space exists, and during which school year?

  2. Usable capacity

    Separate sanctioned posts, filled posts, actual teacher attendance, language proficiency, materials, timetables, and seasonal opening.

  3. Participation

    Enrolment is not attendance. Track travel time, cost, safety, disability access, seasonal absence, dropout, completion, and transition.

  4. Learning and progression

    Completion is not a learning outcome. Verify assessment, language access, secondary transition, TVET, tertiary entry, and safely disaggregated gaps.

2023 government-primary administrative cycle-dropout measure
DistrictReported rateHow to read it
Bandarban22.89%Administrative measures for this cycle. They are not directly comparable with older household discontinuation samples and do not explain why a child left.
Khagrachhari16.54%
Rangamati17.39%

Source: MS0265. District results do not identify a community, language group, or locality.

An empty morning school journey with a footpath, boat landing, satchel, blank exercise books, pencils, and a classroom doorway in the distanceEditorial image · generated, not documentary evidence
Enrollment is only one point in a chain of travel, language, staffing, materials, attendance, and learning.

evidence

From language policy to classroom delivery

Policy, materials, trained teachers, classroom delivery, scripts, and audit gaps are separate stages.

From policy announcement to classroom outcome
StageEvidence neededPublication rule
Policy and named languagesControlling text, grade, language, script, and effective dateQuote policy separately from explanation.
Materials producedTitle, edition, quantity, accessible format, and distributionPublication does not prove a book reached a school.
Teachers preparedProficiency, training length, manual, mentoring, and deploymentA trained headcount does not prove classroom presence.
Timetabled deliveryPeriods, grade coverage, attendance, and observed useShow school-level variation, not CHT-wide delivery by inference.
Learning and vitalityComprehension, progression, family choice, literacy, and follow-upDo not infer outcomes from materials alone.

What a recent teacher study can establish

Interviews with 14 Chakma teachers reported short training, staffing constraints, two weekly language periods in their settings, and textbooks without a teaching manual. The study identifies mechanisms, not CHT-wide prevalence.

Sources: MS0247, MS0248, and MS0265.

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