Dhaka, March 15 -- A government project to establish 329 technical schools and colleges across Bangladesh has made minimal progress more than six years after its approval, raising fresh concerns over implementation capacity and project management.

Officials say that despite the massive Tk 205.26 billion allocation for the project approved in January 2020, only one institution has been completed so far, with a total expenditure reaching just Tk 1.06 billion, or 0.52 per cent of the project cost.

The sorry state has prompted the Planning Commission (PC) and monitoring authorities to suggest scaling down the project and implementing it in phases, they said.

With no further spending allowed without extending the tenure, the current fiscal ...