Ethnic minorities more likely to drop out of school in
Bangladesh Nov 4, 2011 While the importance of education is
well-known throughout the world, some individuals may not be
able to afford the luxury of learning. According to a new report
from IRIN, ethnic minority children residing in the southeast
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region of Bangladesh are the least
literate in the country and face a higher risk of dropping out
of school. More than 55 percent of residents from CHT have had
no form of schooling. The news source suggests that it's because
these children often face the biggest adversity in schools run
by the government. "Ethnic minority children communicate in
their mother tongue in their house," Saikat Biswas, a program
officer for Oxfam GB, told the news provider. "But, in school,
they are compelled to face Bengali text while the teachers are
also from the Bengali community. The whole teaching method is in
Bangla." According to SIL International, a nonprofit
organization focused on building lang