The government has undertaken several projects to improve primary and mass education across Bangladesh, Primary and Mass Education MinisterM Ehsanul Hoque Milon AN told Parliament on Sunday.

Responding to a question from lawmaker SM Jahangir Hossain (Dhaka-18), the minister said a total of five projects are currently being implemented under the Directorate of Primary Education to strengthen the country’s primary education system.

The projects include the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP-4), being implemented from July 2018 to June 2026, and the Demand-Based Government Primary School Development Project (First Phase), running from July 2016 to 2026.

He also mentioned the project for establishing and upgrading government primary schools along with beautification in Dhaka Metropolitan area and Purbachal, which is being implemented from January 2020 to June 2027.

Another project titled “Pre-primary and Primary Education Development Project in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts and Bhasan Char in Noakhali” is being implemented from July 2024 to June 2027.

In addition, a school feeding programme in government primary schools in 150 upazilas is underway from January 2025 to December 2027, the minister added.

Milon further said that the Bureau of Non-Formal Education is implementing a “Functional Literacy and Practical Skills Training (Pre-vocational Level)” course in 58 districts.

He also informed the House that an initiative titled “Alternative Learning Opportunity for Out of School Children (ALO)” will be implemented in one upazila in each of the country’s 64 districts.

The project was approved at an ECNEC meeting on 25 January 2026 and will run from January 2026 to December 2028.