Practically speaking, this ratio in Bangladeshi educational institutions is much higher than what is mentioned in the policy. For example, the policy offers a targeted student teacher ratio of 30:1, whereas the average of this ratio in the USA is around 16:1 and the same in Malaysia and Singapore are around 11 – 12:1. Unfortunately, however, the policy itself is flawed in many dimensions which fails to ensure that the objective is attained. The government has also adopted 'Education Policy – 2010' with the objective of building thoughtful, rational, capable future leaders, secular, tolerant and patriotic citizens. Through schemes such as Secondary Education Sector Investment Programme (Cesip), Generation Breakthrough Project (Phase-II), and others, the government failed to fulfill its objective to impart quality, modern and effective education at every level. Steps such as- taking different projects at the post graduate colleges of the country and development of selected private colleges with the help of information technology to improve the quality of education scheme. It shows that the advancement in terms of education is still not good despite efforts from the government and different international organisations. The GNI is not included in the table since the primary focus of the comparison is non-monetary developmental issues of HDI. Of course, the country is well behind in all the components of HDI compared to the developed nations. In terms of expected and mean years of schooling, the country has room to improve its performance. To get a better idea about the progress of Bangladesh in the socio-economic front, a comparative analysis of the Human Development Index (HDI) data of the UNDP can be analysed. This ratio, however, falls at higher levels of education. Around 50.9 per cent of all enrolled students were girls in 2016. 98 per cent of all the children are getting enrolled in primary schools. The country has had tremendous development in child and female education.
This raises the issue of female education. Studies indicate that mother’s educational levels and family wealth have significant negative relationship with moderate and severe malnutrition for children. Malnutrition, however, is still high in Bangladesh. This ratio has declined to around half and reached 24.3 per cent within just 11 years. According to the World Bank, Bangladesh had around 40 per cent of its people living below the poverty line. The visionary leadership of the Prime Minister along with tremendous efforts from the private sector has caused the nation to also experience enviable development in the socio-economic front. Total import of the country has also seen a phenomenal compound annual growth of 7.05 per cent over the last eight years, causing 2013’s import figure to grow to 1.70 times and reach $61.571 billion. 367 billion in June 2021, which is around 1.60 times its 2013’s figure, reflecting a 5.3 per cent compound annual growth rate. Total export of the country stood at $45. Once called a basket case, Bangladesh now earns a per capita GNI of $2,554. As data shows, the country’s GDP had been growing at a compound annual rate of 7.68 per cent since its independence in 1971. Bangladesh, a country with 2.2 per cent of the world's population, has progressed to a level which has placed it in the world map as a 'Role Model' for development through extraordinary macroeconomic management of the government, tremendous efforts from the private sector to cope with competitors from around the world and resilience of the people to win over every odd starting from devastating natural calamities, ending up to the Covid – 19 pandemic.