Dhaka, April 7 -- Since 2009, every Education Minister in Bangladesh has issued orders to shut down coaching centres. The count of those orders exceeds ten. The count of coaching centres permanently closed as a result is zero. The Education Act that could provide a legal basis for enforcement has been in draft for fifteen years. This article traces that record, corrects a widely circulated factual error, and identifies the structural reasons the policy has never worked.

The Chronology

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