, Nov. 7 -- The World Bank has approved $300 million in financing to improve learning outcomes for 26 million children from pre-primary to Grade 5 in Bangladesh.

The World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors approved the financing on Friday under the Learning Enhancement and Acceleration in Primary Education Program, said a press release.

The programme will help Bangladesh improve the quality of its pre-primary and primary education system, enabling children to develop essential reading, writing and mathematics skills appropriate to their grade levels.

It will also support the implementation of the government's Fifth Primary Education Development Programme.

Although Bangladesh has achieved near-universal access to primary educat...