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English version school is a system of education in
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
that follows the Bangla medium school curriculum and based upon textbooks translated from the
Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second m ...
into English. There are approximately 52 English version schools in
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. In 2011 the first Internet based English version school opened in Gazipur.


History

The government of Bangladesh opened the first English version schools in cadet colleges in the late 1990s. English version is different from English medium schools. While English medium schools follow the curriculum of
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or Cambridge International Examination, English version schools follow the national curriculum and hold national examinations in English. English versions schools are usually less costly than English medium schools. Zia Hasan International School in Tangail and Dinajpur Laboratory School & College in Dinajpur in 2010 became the first English version schools in a rural area.


See also

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Education in Bangladesh Education in Bangladesh is overseen by the country's Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education is responsible for implementing policy for primary education and state-funded schools at a local level. In Bangladesh, all c ...
* List of English-medium schools in Bangladesh *
List of schools in Bangladesh This is a list of schools in Bangladesh. The syllabus most common in usage is the National Curriculum and Textbooks, which has two versions, a Bengali version and an English version. Edexcel and Cambridge syllabus are used for most of the Engl ...
* List of zilla schools of Bangladesh *
List of colleges in Bangladesh Colleges in Bangladesh are Higher Secondary schools for last two years of 12 academic year long school education. After finishing Secondary education (10th Grade/SSC/Equivalent) students get admitted to these colleges to study for 11th and 12th Gra ...
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List of universities in Bangladesh Universities in Bangladesh are mainly categorized into three differential types: public (government owned and subsidized), private (private sector owned universities), and international (operated and funded by international organizations such as ...


References

Education in Bangladesh English-language education Education systems Language education in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-edu-stub